Below is a chronological list of articles about the bill going through the Arizona Legislature published by the three newspapers in April. The title is the angle frame, the lede is the reference frame, and the second quote is the explanatory frame.
Arizona Daily Star: Immigration battle fought within state (April 8, 2010)
Reference Frame: “Now that Washington is no longer fixated on overhauling health care, local immigration-advocacy groups see the potential for changes they favor. But they’re reluctant to shift their efforts from state-level work. Members of the Border Action Network have been working feverishly to stop a bill that would give Arizona the strictest set of immigration laws in the country.”
Explanatory Frame: “The bill, sponsored by Republican Sen. Russell Pearce, would compel all Arizona agencies, including local police departments, to enforce federal immigration laws – something they currently aren’t required to do.”
Arizona Daily Star (Los Angeles Times): OK’d bill lets cops go after migrants (April 14, 2010)
Reference Frame: “Arizona lawmakers on Tuesday approved what opponents and supporters agree is the toughest measure in the country against illegal immigrants, directing local police to determine whether people are in the country legally.”
Explanatory Frame: “The bill, SB 1070, makes it a misdemeanor to lack proper immigration paperwork in Arizona. It also requires police officers, if they form a “reasonable suspicion” that someone is an illegal immigrant, to determine the person’s immigration status. Currently, officers can ask about someone’s immigration status only if the person is a suspect in another crime. The bill allows officers to avoid the immigration issue if it would be impractical or would hinder another investigation. Citizens could sue to compel police agencies to comply with the law, and no city or agency could formulate a policy directing its workers to ignore the law – a provision that advocates say prevents so-called sanctuary orders that police not ask about people’s immigration status.”
Arizona Daily Star (La Estrella / LA Times): Aprueban medida contra indocumentados en Az (April 16, 2010)
“Los legisladores de Arizona aprobaron una medida considerada por muchos como la más severa contra los inmigrantes indocumentados.”
Arizona Daily Star (Editorial): Racial profiling, SB 1070 will go hand in hand (April 16, 2010)
Reference Frame: “A bill that would require local police to demand immigration documents and to jail those who cannot produce them must not be enacted into law by the Legislature and the governor. The measure would turn legal residents into police targets, as well as those who are here illegally. It would foment racial profiling of Hispanics.”
Explanatory Frame: “The bill, SB 1070, would make it a crime under state law to be in the country illegally. Local police officers would be required to question people about their immigration status if they had reason to suspect they are here illegally. Those who fail to produce documents could be arrested, jailed for up to six months, and fined $2,500, the Associated Press reported Thursday. SB 1070 also would prohibit motorists from blocking traffic in negotiating for day labor on street corners.”
Arizona Republic: Ariz. lawmakers pass toughest illegal immigration law in U.S. (April 19, 2010)
Reference Frame: “Arizona lawmakers on Monday approved one of the toughest illegal immigration laws in the United States. The immigration bill now heads to Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who has five days to sign it, veto it or do nothing and allow it to become law. Brewer said she’d be reviewing the legislation over the next several days, indicating that she will likely take the maximum time allowed to her before taking action.”
Explanatory Frame: “Senate Bill 1070 would, among other things, make it a state crime to be in the country illegally and require local police to enforce federal-immigration laws. If the governor signs it, Arizona would be the first state to criminalize illegal immigrants.”
Arizona Daily Star: Selected quotes from debate on SB 1070 (April 19, 2010)
Reference Frame: None
Explanatory Frame: “Sen. Thayer Verschoor, R-Gilbert: “We’ve had an abdication of our federal government’s responsibility to enforce immigration laws here, protect our borders, protect us from the criminals that are crossing our borders, who are killing our citizens, who are robbing their homes, invading their homes.”
Sen. Linda Lopez, D-Tucson: “This bill actually legalizes racial profiling.”
Sen. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa: “We’re not expanding police powers. We simply want to uncuff them and let them do their job.”
Sen. Paula Aboud, D-Tucson: “We’ve been celebrating Holocaust Remembrance Week. And folks were remembering that a lot of the tactics that will now be employed because of this piece of legislation were the tactics that were used in Nazi Germany.”
Sen. Ron Gould, R-Lake Havasu City: “People are living in no-man’s land. They’re being attacked by foreign invaders. They’re being killed by drug smugglers. Arizona needs to do something.”
Sen. Ken Cheuvront, D-Phoenix: “By passing this law, we’ll put anybody who walks down the street in jeopardy of getting arrested.”
Sen. Al Melvin, R-Tucson: “My father did not fight in World War II from the Philippines to Okinawa to have this almost anarchy taking place in our own country. And this bill goes a long way to bring law and order to the state.”
Arizona Republic: Passage, protests for tough immigrant bill (April 20, 2010)
Reference Frame: “One of the toughest proposed illegal-immigration measures in the country passed its final hurdle in the Arizona Legislature on Monday, moving on to face national media scrutiny, a growing firestorm of opposition and cautious consideration by the Governor’s Office.
Explanatory Frame: Senate Bill 1070 would, among other things, make it a state crime to be in the country illegally and require local police to enforce federal immigration laws. The state Senate approved the bill by a 17-11 vote.”
Arizona Daily Star (Capitol Media Services): Gov. Brewer signs sweeping illegal immigration measure (April 23, 2o1o)
Reference Frame: “PHOENIX – Defending its legality, Gov. Jan Brewer signed what is the toughest state law in the country designed to combat illegal immigration.”
Explanatory Frame: “The governor rejected claims that the legislation, which gives police more power to stop and detain those not in this country legally, amounts to legalized racial profiling.”
Arizona Daily Star: Border Boletín: Final version of new state immigration law (April 27, 2010)
Reference Frame: “In trying to do some research on Arizona’s new get-tough-on-illegal-immigration law, I realized that I was looking at an old version. If you just google “SB 1070,” that might happen to you, too. Here’s two links that will get you to the final version signed by Gov. Jan Brewer last Friday:”
Explanatory Frame: None
Arizona Republic: Referendum could delay Arizona immigration law to 2012 (April 28, 2010)
Reference Frame: “A group calling itself One Arizona filed petitions with the state Wednesday to refer Arizona’s new immigration law to the November ballot. It’s the second referendum drive announced this week.”
Explanatory Frame: (Link)
Arizona Republic: Arizona immigration law: Changes sought by lawmakers (April 29, 2010)
Reference Frame: “The Arizona House approved several new changes to Arizona’s new immigration law. The changes still need final approval from the Senate before being passed along to the governor. If Gov. Jan Brewer supports them, they would go into effect at the same time the new law would.”
Explanatory Frame: None
Arizona Republic: Arizona Legislature set to go home after wide-ranging session (April 30, 2010)
Reference Frame: “With a last-minute change to Arizona’s newest immigration law, the Legislature was poised to adjourn its regular session late Thursday. In a flurry of activity over the past two days, lawmakers restored a health-care program for children of low-income families, created a new criminal classification for “sexting” between juveniles and made tweaks to the photo-enforcement system, such as requiring clearer posting of speed limits and camera locations.”
Explanatory Frame: None
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