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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Day-laborer supporters set for City Hall march

Casey Newton

The Arizona Republic
Dec. 19, 2007 12:00 AM

The group protesting a furniture store's use of off-duty sheriff's deputies to enforce trespassing laws against day laborers will lead a march today from M.D. Pruitt's Home Furnishings to City Hall.

Starting at 9 a.m., the 35th St. and Thomas Organizing Committee will lead a march from Pruitt's in east Phoenix to 200 W. Washington. They expect to arrive in time for the City Council meeting at 3 p.m.

The march is designed to draw attention to the situation at Pruitt's, organizer Angeles Maldonado said.

Pruitt's owner, Roger Sensing, asked Maricopa County sheriff's deputies to patrol the area around his business this fall after it became a magnet for day laborers. Sensing said the laborers trespass on his property and disrupt his business

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