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Arizona Isn’t Broke—It’s Being Robbed
We are teachers, janitors, healthcare workers, small business owners, and immigrants. We are the people Arizona’s economy is built on. And we’re done being robbed.

LUCHA Newsroom
May 53 min read
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'A win for civil rights': Hobbs rejects Republican-backed immigrations bills
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs once again vetoed Republican-backed immigration bills approved at the end of April, which would have obligated law enforcement and state public officials to comply with federal immigration orders.
Senate Bill 1610 and House Bill 2099 were approved last week by the Republican-majority chambers and were shot down on Friday by the Democratic governor who has resisted fully giving in to President Donald Trump’s harsh anti-immigrant agenda, focusing her

LUCHA Newsroom
May 53 min read
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LUCHA Applauds Governor Hobbs For Vetoing Trojan Horse Bill SB1610
LUCHA celebrates this veto as a stand against racial profiling, family separation, and mass surveillance of Black, Brown, and immigrant communities.

LUCHA Newsroom
May 21 min read
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LUCHA Condemns Passage of SB 1610, Urges Governor Hobbs to Veto This Dangerous Attack on Due Process and Human Rights
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 27, 2025 Contact: press@luchaaz.org PHOENIX — Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA) strongly...

LUCHA Newsroom
Apr 272 min read
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Hobbs vetoes Republican bill that would have brought ICE agents into Arizona schools
A Republican effort to boost President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign in Arizona and force schools to open their doors to ICE agents was shut down by Gov. Katie Hobbs, who wielded her veto pen to reject the plan on Friday.
“Arizonans, not Washington, DC politicians, must decide what’s best for Arizona,” the Democrat wrote in her veto letter of the Arizona ICE Act.
Senate Bill 1164, named the Arizona Immigration Cooperation and Enforcement Act, would have mandat

LUCHA Newsroom
Apr 184 min read
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Justice Department withdraws from Arizona voter citizenship lawsuit
Danielle Lang, senior director of voting rights for Campaign Legal Center, which is representing many of the groups that sued, including Living United for Change in Arizona and the League of United Latin American Citizens, said that while DOJ’s withdrawal has no practical impact, it demonstrates the new administration’s “complete abandonment of even the most basic voting rights protections.”

LUCHA Newsroom
Apr 103 min read
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Arizona Democrats walk out of speech by Trump’s ‘asshole’ border czar
At noon on Tuesday, in front of a joint session of the Arizona Legislature, Trump administration “border czar” Tom Homan stepped to the rost

LUCHA Newsroom
Apr 84 min read
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'This does give them the right to race profile us': AZ lawmakers push immigration bills forward
Over the last two months, the Trump administration has looked to expand partnerships with local law enforcement as part of its mass

LUCHA Newsroom
Apr 84 min read
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Arizona advocacy group files lawsuit challenging voter-approved Secure the Border Act
PHOENIX — A political advocacy group filed a civil rights lawsuit this week challenging Arizona’s voter-approved Secure the Border Act.

LUCHA Newsroom
Apr 42 min read
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La Propuesta 314 fue aprobada por votantes de AZ. Un grupo proinmigrante busca revocarla
James Barton, el abogado que representa a LUCHA en la demanda, afirmó que la Propuesta 314 es "claramente inconstitucional" por tres motivo

LUCHA Newsroom
Apr 34 min read
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Immigrant rights group seeks to nullify ‘Secure Border Act’ over missing funding
That provision was added by GOP lawmakers after public outcry from immigrant rights groups and criticism from Democrats that it would result

LUCHA Newsroom
Apr 27 min read
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Proposition 314 was approved by voters. An immigrant rights group is suing to repeal it
Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA) filed a lawsuit against the State of Arizona to dismantle the Secure the Border Act, which voter

LUCHA Newsroom
Apr 24 min read
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LUCHA presenta denuncia contra la Ley 314 y la agenda MAGA en Arizona
Por su parte, el abogado Jim Barton explicó los puntLa organización Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA) anunció una importante deman

LUCHA Newsroom
Apr 22 min read
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Border security or mass deportation? Arizona leaders clash over money for local law enforcement
A political climate dominated by concern over border security has put Gov. Katie Hobbs and Arizona Republicans on the same side, with both

LUCHA Newsroom
Mar 267 min read
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Arizonans Score Win Over Unfair Voting Laws
In a big win for Arizona voters, two anti-voter laws that unfairly targeted Latino, Native and student voters were shot down by the 9th U.S.
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Feb 272 min read
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Rep. Juan Ciscomani Votes for Budget That Will Lead to Massive Slashing of Vital Programs for Working Families While Bankrolling Tax Breaks For Billionaires
Rep. Juan Ciscomani voted for a House budget resolution that slashes Medicaid, food assistance, and other critical programs Arizonans rely on—all to fund massive tax cuts for billionaires while ignoring Arizona’s affordable housing crisis and underfunded public schools. Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA) condemns this vote as part of a broader effort by Republicans

LUCHA Newsroom
Feb 262 min read
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Immigrant rights groups threaten to oust Democrat for voting to increase border funding
Progressive groups that helped a moderate Democrat win a state House seat in a Republican district castigated the freshman lawmaker

LUCHA Newsroom
Feb 268 min read
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Republicanos quieren ofrecer recompensa de $2,500 por arrestar a migrantes indocumentados
Reiteró esa promesa en los primeros días del segundo mandato de Trump, y ha apoyado públicamente medidas de aplicación como la Ley feder

LUCHA Newsroom
Feb 214 min read
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Arizona Republicans want to pay police bounties for immigrant deportations
Arizona police departments would be incentivized to target people they believe are undocumented under a Republican bid to award them a $2,50

LUCHA Newsroom
Feb 207 min read
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Groups protest budget cuts, DOGE and Elon Musk in Tucson
Advocates are concerned over the budget cuts – and how it’ll impact the future of working families.
Meanwhile, the other side believes

LUCHA Newsroom
Feb 202 min read
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