Date of Elaboration: 10 of November of 2004.

"CRONOS" is a project of the Institute of the Mexicans in the Outside whose objective is to elaborate

chronological syntheses on specific subjects in the matter of migration. The central idea is to provide

information updated on the events more excellent than concerns to the Mexicans that they live and

they work abroad. The information provided here does not constitute the position necessarily of

the Secretariat of Outer Relations in the matter.

2003- 10 of November of 2004

National and North American press, electronic intelligence of groups

specialized, communicated consular, Bows.

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2003: The Citizen Decree of Protection and Contributors of Arizona ( The Arizona

Taxpayer and Citizens Protection Act), better well-known like Proposal 200, was

designed by the coalition "It protects Now to Arizona" ( Protect Arizona Now , BREAD by

their abbreviations in English) and their patrocinadores include diverse local civil employees,

industralists, citizens and to the members of the Federation by the Migratory Reformation

American ( for Federation an American Immigration Reform, FAIR by its abbreviations in

English). The initiative has two main slopes: first it is related to

electoral exercise and solicits in its sections 3 and 4 that the new voters verify

the American citizenship when they are registered to vote and at the time of exerting his

vote. The second slope is of social Hindu to him and appears in the section 6.A, where

it demands the public agencies to verify the identity of the applicants of services

public who offers the government like condition to describe to the obtaining of these.

In the same tenor, the initiative proposes that as much employers as used

report to the federal civil employees all illegal immigrant who asks for work or some

governmental service.

07/jul/2003

Arizona, EUA. The patrocinadores coalition of the BREAD and groups of

Proposal 200 presents/displays before the Secretariat of State a request stops

to begin to successfully obtain the 122.000 companies necessary to include

initiative in the electoral tickets of the 2 of November of 2004 ( Arizona

Daily Star )

01/jul/2004

Arizona, EUA. The coalition of the BREAD enters 190.000 companies to favor

of which Proposal 200 is included in the electoral tickets of the 2 of

November of 2004. The competing groups to the proposal question

validity of these companies ( Arizona Daily Star )

16/ago/2004 Arizona, EUA. The Secretary of State of Arizona, Jan Brewer, certifica

15/sep/2004 Phoenix, Arizona. The republican senator John McCain meets with

opponents to Proposal 200 to discuss strategies in order to avoid

crystallization of this initiative. McCain, the governor of the state,

Janet Napolitano and the Chamber of Commerce of Arizona is against

the initiative designed by the BREAD.

15/sep/2004 Arizona, EUA. The representative by the state of Arizona, Russell Pearce,

one of the main defenders of Proposal 200, summons to make

a boycott against the "Bank One" and the Chamber of Commerce of the state stops

to exert pressure against those businesses that are against to

initiative.

4/oct/2004

Phoenix, Arizona. A debate in the State University was carried out of

Arizona (ASU) between Catie Mckee, leader of the BREAD and Alfredo Gutiérrez,

one of the leaders of the group Not to Proposal 200, Arizonenses by one

true migratory reform . It is possible to emphasize that most of

assistants showed affinity with the position of ex- Gutiérrez senator,

mainly with the idea that the putting in practice of the Proposal

200 would suppose a social backward movement.

19/oct/2004 Tucson, Arizona. The mayor of the city, the republican Robert Walkup,

it is pronounced against Proposal 200 in a meeting with the Consul

of Mexico in Phoenix, Carlos Vizcarra Flowers.

21/oct/2004 Arizona, EUA. According to a survey of the University of the North of

Applied Arizona to 594 possible voters, 42% favors the Proposal

200, 29% are in against and another 29% are indeciso.

results of this survey are spread by the Committee of nona

200 proposal and the group Arizona Interfaith Network.

22/oct/2004 Phoenix, Arizona. A conference with the main ones is carried out

political leaders who are against Proposal 200. The governor

Janet Napolitano invites the voters not to vote in favor of happiness

initiative, since its putting in practice would cost to the state 25 million of

dollars.

22/oct/2000 Arizona, EUA. According to data thrown by the last survey on

acceptance of Proposal 200, made by the newspaper The Arizona

Republic , 55% of the sample is in favor of the initiative, 29% is

in against and 16% he is indeciso.

22/oct/2004 Phoenix, Arizona. The consul of Mexico in Phoenix meets with

lawyers of the writing desk Hamilton, Gullet, Davis & Roman , who supports to

Committee of Not to Proposal 200.

23/oct/2004 Phoenix, Arizona. Governor Janet Napolitano declares to intention

of the Proposal 200 that "while people know more about

initiative, less they like what ] proposes [... we have problems with

illegal migration but this one is not the way to solve them, in fact this

24/oct/2004 Arizona, EUA. The republican senator John McCain affirms that

Proposal 200 does not constitute a step to solve the problem of

illegal migration in the United States. On the contrary, the happiness advance

initiative represents an obstacle in the search of a real solution

flow and estatus of the illegal migrantes "and anything could be worse for

state of Arizona ". According to McCain senator, the approval of

Proposal 200 would increase the fiscal load of the contributors,

it would promote the racial conflicts, would flood to Arizona of

undocumented people (but now they would stay in the anonymity),

contraband would be increased, the hospitals would follow equal completely

but the American cuts would work with less local resources and

26/oct/2004 Phoenix, Arizona. Defenders of Proposal 200 affirm that

initiative is necessary to avoid that the undocumented immigrants

can vote, although electoral officials have confirmed who

electoral fraud that involves undocumented immigrants is not

frequent. In the last years, very few people have been processed

by this crime.

26/oct/2004 Phoenix, Arizona. Lawyers Gullet and Davis, along with the Committee of

Not to Proposal 200 , they interpose a request to the Supreme Court of

County of Maricopa, in order to prevent that the count of votes begins

until it is verified that the asked for companies to include

proposal in the electoral tickets was successfully obtained by legal means.

27/oct/2004 Phoenix, Arizona. The hearing asked for is carried out by

legal representatives of the Committee Not to Proposal 200, Gretchen

Hankins and Julie Pace, that asked for a judicial order so that no

the count of the votes of the proposal is made. The lawyer Charles

Blanchard, representative of this Committee, argued before the civil judge

Margaret H. Downie, that the inscription of Proposal 200 in

electoral tickets were obtained by means of a fraudulent process, since

according to the stipulated thing by the law, the recolectores of companies must have

including the complete text of the initiative like annexed to the format where

print the companies. On the contrary, recolectores sayings altered

text of the initiative when including the word welfare in the part that it indicates

that who previously is not identified she will not describe to receive

services federal public. In addition, during the verification of

companies, the Committee only could examine the formats, since the annexes

they were given off.

Judge Downie announces that she will decide in a period of 24 hours if

Committee is in time to present/display its request of admission of

evidences. Of being therefore a new hearing would be made to present/display

evidences and to more taking Monday the 1 of November Judge would decide if

it cancels the count of votes of Proposal 200. If the Judge decided that

demand before the Superior Court of the Be in favor of the presumed crime of

electoral fraud.

28/oct/2004 Phoenix, Arizona. The Judge of the County of Maricopa, Margaret Downie,

he determines that the request of the Committee Not to Proposal 200

he finds outside time. The opponents to this proposal do not appeal

before the Superior Court of the State.

2/nov/2004

Phoenix, Arizona. The voters approve by an ample margin

Decree of Protection to Citizens and Contributors of Arizona .

According to numbers of the Secretariat of the State, a 56% of the voters supported

Proposal 200.

3/nov/2004

The director of the Committee of Protect Arizona Now , Kathee McKee, says

to hope that "the authorities of the state respect the decision of

voters "( the Opinion ).

3/nov/2004

In spite of the defeat, the opponents to Proposal 200 are

optimists and affirm that the measurement could be annulled with actions

legal since he enters conflict with migratory laws regulated by

federal government. "the demand already is ready", declared Daniel Ortega ,

local lawyer and spokesman of a group of opponents who will interpose

legal actions to block the initiative in a federal court of

district of Arizona. Ortega indicated that the group is integrated by

American Mexican bottom for the Legal Defense and the Education

( MALDEF by its abbreviations in English), the national company/signature of Kutok lawyers

Rock , and the hers Roush, McCracken, Guerrero & Miller .

3/nov/2004

In official notice of press of the Secretariat of Outer Relations,

gobierno mexicano "lamenta la aprobación de la Propuesta 200 y expresa

su pleno rechazo a la misma, por constituir una medida que propicia

acciones de discriminación con base en un perfil étnico y limita el acceso

a servicios fundamentales en materia de educación y salud. Asimismo, el

Gobierno de México considera que dicha medida no contribuye de

manera alguna a enfrentar integralmente los retos del fenómeno

migratorio entre México y Arizona". En dicho comunicado se declara

también que "desde que fue incluida en la boleta electoral del Estado, la

SRE giró instrucciones a los consulados de la zona a efecto de: (a)

mantener debidamente informada a la comunidad mexicana, (b)

promover un mejor entendimiento sobre la aportación de los mexicanos a

la economía y sociedad del Estado y (c) mantener contacto con

autoridades estatales y locales, funcionarios electos opositores a la

Proposición y organizaciones sociales, a efecto de dar seguimiento, en

estricto apego al marco legal aplicable, al proceso mediante el cual las

instancias judiciales correspondientes revisarán la constitucionalidad de

la medida".

4/nov/2004

México, D.F. La presidenta de la Comisión de Relaciones Exteriores de

América del Norte del Senado, Silvia Hernández, declaró que ese órgano

aprobada en Arizona. En entrevista, la legisladora del Partido

Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) apuntó que a la Cámara de Senadores

le preocupa que se haya aprobado esa propuesta que limita los servicios

de educación y de salud a los migrantes ilegales en Arizona. (El Diario

de México).

5/nov/2004

Según una encuesta de salida realizada el día de las elecciones por The

Associate Press, en conjunción con las cadenas televisivas Edison Media

Research y Mitofsky International, el nivel educativo y de ingreso fueron

variables que desempeñaron un papel crucial en la votación de la

Propuesta 200. De acuerdo con los resultados de esta encuesta, buena

parte de los electores que no se graduaron de la universidad y cuyas

familias tuvieron ingresos inferiores a los 50,000 dólares el año pasado

votaron a favor de la aprobación de dicha iniciativa.

7/nov/2004

Aproximadamente 60 militantes del Partido de la Revolución

Democrática (PRD) bloquearon durante una hora y media el tránsito

internacional en la aduana local de la frontera México-Arizona, en

protesta contra la Propuesta 200.

8/nov/2004

La fracción del Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) en la Cámara

de Diputados declara que enviará una carta a la gobernadora de Arizona,

Janet Napolitano, para solicitar que use su derecho de veto contra la

Propuesta 200.

9/nov/2004

La gobernadora de Arizona, Janet Napolitano, declara que expedirá una

proclama para aplicar la Propuesta 200, tan pronto como autoridades

electorales den a conocer los resultados oficiales, el próximo 22 de

noviembre.