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Arizona Immigrant Rights Activist Celso Mireles Dies at 30

HeadlineAug 04, 2017

And in Phoenix, Arizona, Celso Mireles, a “DREAMer” known as an innovator and artist, has died at the age of 30 after he was struck in a motorcycle accident on his way to work. Mireles co-founded the Arizona DREAM Act Coalition and was known for his kindness, insight and passion and as the “guy behind the scenes” of local and national online campaigns to stop deportations. His latest project involved developing a web application to alert migrants of raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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