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Arizona and Wisconsin may seem like a world apart. But they have more in common than you think. In these states and many others, working people â€" immigrant and native-born alike â€" are under fierce attack by corporate-backed politicians.

From Arizona laws that mandate racial profiling to Wisconsin laws that strip workers’ rights to collectively bargain for a middle class way of life, working families everywhere are under assault. Corporate CEOs and the politicians they finance benefit from creating a toxic environment where immigrants, public employees and working men and women are scapegoated for all the problems we face. They tell us immigrants steal our jobs â€" hoping we forget the millions of American jobs they ship overseas. They say firefighters and policemen are overpaid â€" hoping we ignore Wall Street’s colossal bonuses, million-dollar salaries and endless corporate greed. They say immigrants don’t pay taxes â€" hoping we don’t notice tha! t corporations like GE and Exxon Mobil rake in billions in profit and pay nothing in taxes.

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