Know Your Rights When ICE Comes to Tucson Virtual Forum - February 25
Click here to register for this virtual meeting. The panelists include:
Erica Connell, founder and state liaison for 50-50-1 Arizona Coalition
Mo Goldman, immigration attorney
Rex Scott, Pima County Board of Supervisors
Chris Nanos, Pima County Sheriff
Kristin Downing, PrICE (Pima Resists ICE)
Rolande Baker, Tucson Community Rapid Response
Erica Connell
Erica Connell is a Phoenix mother of three, event coordinator and entertainer turned, grassroots organizer. She is a founder and state liaison for the 50-50-1 Arizona coalition.
Mo Goldman
Maurice H. Goldman works in Tucson, Arizona at Goldman Immigration, P.C. He holds a J.D./M.B.A. from Hofstra University. He graduated from Syracuse University with a B.S. in journalism. His law practice is focused only on immigration-related matters including employment-based, family-based, asylum, removal defense and other humanitarian-based immigration issues. Mr. Goldman has served on multiple national American Immigration Lawyers Association’s (AILA) committees. He previously served as the AILA Arizona chapter chair. He was on the Board of Directors for the Nassau County Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCCADV). He was previously a trustee to the American Immigration Council (AIC) and sat on the boards of the ASISTA, Border Action Network and Immigrants List.
Rex Scott
Pima County Supervisor Rex Scott was first elected to represent District One in 2020 and was re-elected in 2024. He has been married to a fellow career educator since 1994 and they are the parents of adult twins. For most of those years, the family has lived in District One and the twins are graduates of Mountain View High School in the Marana Unified School District.
Supervisor Scott grew up in Athens, Ohio and earned two bachelor’s degrees from Ohio University, which is in Athens. In 1987, at the age of 24, he became the first Ohio University student elected to serve on Athens City Council. He was re-elected in 1989, chaired the Finance Committee in his second term and joined with two of his colleagues to start the city’s curbside recycling program.
In 1991, Supervisor Scott moved to Pima County to take a position teaching social studies at Flowing Wells Junior High School, one of three schools in District One that he served during his career as a public-school educator. In 2000, Supervisor Scott began his 19-year career as an administrator working in both middle and high schools. During that time, he was an assistant principal at Ironwood Ridge High School and the principal at Tortolita Middle School, both District One schools.
In his free time, Supervisor Scott enjoys spending time with family and friends, hiking in our beautiful deserts and mountains, running on The Loop or in Sabino Canyon and reading. He is a longtime fan of the Cincinnati Reds and Miami Dolphins, which helps him to practice patience! The book that has influenced his values and beliefs more than any other is Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl.
Chris Nanos
Sheriff Chris Nanos was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. Before becoming a law enforcement officer he attended the University of Texas - El Paso, majoring in Public Administration/Criminal Justice. Sheriff Nanos began his career in law enforcement in 1976 with the El Paso Police Department. He became a member of the Pima County Sheriff's Department in 1984 as a corrections officer and was promoted to deputy the following year, which began the upward trajectory his career would continue to follow. Throughout his career Sheriff Nanos has maintained a strong emphasis on his work in Criminal Investigations, particularly Violent Crimes, Sex Crimes, and Narcotics Interdiction. This dedication to his work has allowed him to move up the ranks within PCSD, previously serving as Chief Deputy and appointed Sheriff. In 2020, Sheriff Nanos was elected as Sheriff and returned to the department ready to serve the community. He is responsible for a multi-million dollar budget and a department comprised of nearly 1500 highly qualified, trained, and committed employees complemented by over 400 volunteers who provide support throughout the organization. Sheriff Nanos is supported by his wife of 38 years, Charlene.
Kristin Downing
Kristin Downing has been an advocate at the state and local levels for the past five years, and she served as the Political Action Chair for the Arizona PACE Committee with the Human Rights Campaign. She recently graduated from ASU with her degree in Community Advocacy and Social Policy, and is one of the founding organizers of Pima Resists ICE, a coalition that has been working since October to stop the ICE detention center from opening in Marana.
When Liam Ramos and his father were ordered released from an ICE detention camp in Texas, Judge Fred Biery made clear that the malicious abduction of people, including children, is unconstitutional. Here is an excerpt of Judge Biery’s written order:
When accordingly, the Court finds that the Constitution of these United States trumps this administration's detention of petitioner Adrian Conejo Arias and his minor son, L.C.R. The Great Writ and release from detention are GRANTED pursuant to the attached Judgment.
Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned.
Ultimately, Petitioners may, because of the arcane United States immigration system, return to their home country, involuntarily or by self-deportation. But that result should occur through a more orderly and humane policy than currently in place.
Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of [January] 2026.
FRED BIERY UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
We need more fingers in the dike. On Wednesday, February 26th at 6:30 pm Legislative District 17 Democrats are hosting a Forum via Zoom on the presence of ICE in Pima County with a panel of elected officials and grassroots organizations to address impact and response to the unconstitutional acts of masked federal agents in our county. Please join us to learn and help build a community of kindness.