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Immigration reform activist plans Super Bowl boycott

The East Valley Tribune

An organizer of two marches for immigration reform is planning a Hispanic boycott of jobs during next year’s Super Bowl week in hopes of crippling the state’s restaurant and hotel industry.

Elias Bermudez said the decision follows passage of a new state law to crack down on companies that hire undocumented workers. That law is supposed to take effect Jan. 1 — just weeks before the Feb. 8 Super Bowl at University of Phoenix stadium in Glendale.

But Bermudez, president of Inmigrantes Sin Fronteras — Immigrants Without Borders — said the boycott is really the culmination of frustration with a series of what he sees as antiimmigrant measures enacted in Arizona, many approved by voters by large margins.

Posted by Editor at July 21, 2007 08:08 PM

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