Local Hispanic community rallies against immigration law

Valley Hispanics are feeling some relief after a federal judge in Phoenix issued a temporary injunction blocking implementation of the toughest portions of Arizona's controversial immigration law.

The local Hispanic community here in the valley is not taking Arizonas ruling for granted and is stepping up its efforts to put a stop to SB 1070 altogether.

Several groups and organizations throughout Las Vegas came together at the Amistand Cristiana Church on Stewart and 9th Avenue Thursday to show lawmakers just how serious they are about immigrant rights and comprehensive immigration reform.

The groups unveiled a new campaign they are calling Ask Me For My Papers.

Members of Hispanics in Politics, Progress Now Nevada, and Democracia Ahora are vowing to fight until SB 1070 is abolished and a comprehensive immigration law is enacted in its place.

These groups say they are united with their brothers and sisters in Arizona, taking on their fight because they don't want to see a similar here in Nevada.

There's talk of something coming here to Nevada, Nebraska, says Alicia Estrada, Nevada State Director Democracia Ahora. There are laws that are anti-immigrant and Texas and other states just aren't being supportive. Everyone is trying to address our broken system at local levels.

State officials in Arizona went to an appeals court late Thursday afternoon in an effort to delay a judges ruling that blocked the most controversial parts of the immigration law.

They are seeking to allow the law to take full effect while the issue moves through the courts.

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