Law Enforcement Responds
Arizona Republic: Mesa police unsure of new immigration bill’s impact (April 14, 2010)
“As state lawmakers put the final stamp on an immigration bill that gives police broader immigration enforcement powers, Mesa police officials were trying to sort out how the department will implement the law and how much it will cost the cash-strapped city.”
Arizona Daily Star: Southern Arizona law enforcement reacts to SB 1070 (April 20, 2010)
• “Roberto Villaseñor, Tucson police chief: Withholding public comment to see the final version of the bill and what Gov. Jan Brewer decides to do, said Sgt. Diana Lopez, a Tucson Police Department spokeswoman.
• Richard Muñoz, South Tucson police chief: Opposes the bill, citing concerns about racial profiling and saying it could hinder catching criminals. “With the majority of our population in South Tucson being Hispanic, I think they’ll fear reporting crimes to us,” Muñoz said. “That will hurt our ability to bring a lot of those criminals to justice.” Even if the bill becomes law, he’ll make sure officers aren’t pulling people over just to check their immigration status.”
Nogales International: Sheriff rips state immigration bill, local chiefs say ‘wait and see’ (April 21, 2010)
“Santa Cruz County Sheriff Antonio Estrada blasted a sweeping new immigration bill passed Monday by the Arizona Senate, calling it an unfunded mandate that will fuel fear and distrust in local communities. But Patagonia Police Chief Ed Dobbertin and his counterpart in Nogales, Jeffrey Kirkham, were more measured, saying their departments’ close working relationship with federal immigration officials could ease the strain of new enforcement responsibilities.”
Arizona Republic: Arizona immigration bill: Police chiefs criticize measure (April 21, 2010)
“Police chiefs from across the nation jumped into Arizona’s immigration battle Wednesday. During a telephone press conference, four chiefs – including former Mesa Chief George Gascón – criticized the proposed immigration law the state Legislature passed. The bill now awaits Gov. Jan Brewer’s signature.”
Arizona Republic: Gascon details concerns with immigration bill (April 21, 2010)
“Former Mesa Police Chief George Gascón jumped into the Arizona immigration fire Wednesday, criticizing a state measure that would, among other things, require local law enforcement to determine an individual’s legal status if there is reasonable suspicion that he or she is in the U.S. illegally.”
Arizona Republic: Police weighing Arizona’s immigration bill’s impact (April 22, 2010)
“The nation’s toughest immigration effort has yet to be signed into Arizona law, but public-safety and legal experts from across the nation already are debating its ramifications.”
Arizona Daily Star: Tucson police chief sets 4 p.m. news conference on immigration law (April 23, 2010)
“Chief Roberto Villasenor has called a news conference to reveal the Tucson Police Department’s view of the state’s new immigration law. Villasenor has refused to make a public statement about SB1070, saying he would wait until the bill was signed before telling the public how officers would implement its requirements.”
Arizona Daily Star: Tucson police reaction (April 23, 2010)
“Chief Roberto Villaseñor said officers will prepare to enforce the state’s new immigration law. He cited obstacles the department must overcome, ranging from how to transport illegal immigrants they arrest to maintaining trust with people in the community who are concerned about racial profiling.”
Arizona Daily Star: Dupnik says he will enforce AZ immigration law if ‘forced’ to do so (April 28, 2010)
“Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik called the state’s new sweeping immigration law a “national embarrassment” and said he’ll only enforce it if he’s forced to.”
Arizona Republic (AP): Arizona sheriff calls immigration law racist (April 29, 2010)
“TUCSON – Longtime Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik is making his feelings known about Arizona’s new immigration enforcement law. The southern Arizona lawman calls it unwise, stupid and racist.”
Arizona Republic: Joe Arpaio to Arizonans: Give immigration law a chance (April 29, 2010)
“Sheriff Joe Arpaio urged Arizonans to temper their reactions to the new immigration law until they see how it’s enforced. Police officers and law enforcement “won’t go around racial profiling and grabbing people because of the color of their skin,” the Maricopa County sheriff said at a media conference Thursday. “Let’s not judge everybody right now before the law has been enforced.”
Editorials
Arizona Daily Star (Editorial): Racial profiling, SB 1070 will go hand in hand (April 16, 2010)
“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.”
Arizona Daily Star (New York Times): Gov. Brewer should reject lawmakers’ immigrant bill (April 20, 2010)
“The following ran Sunday in The New York Times: The Arizona Legislature has just stepped off the deep end of the immigration debate, passing a harsh and mean-spirited bill that would do little to stop illegal immigration. What it would do is lead to more racial profiling, hobble local law enforcement and open government agencies to frivolous, politically driven lawsuits.”
Arizona Republic (Editorial): Immigration bill holds high price (April 23, 2010)
“Arizona faces sticker shock and buyer’s remorse if Gov. Jan Brewer signs the immigration bill on her desk. The bill is not an answer to a long-standing failure of the feds to fix the border.”
Arizona Republic (Editorial): Law is a plea for U.S. action (April 28, 2010)
“Arizona enacted an ugly and indefensible immigration law. But the new national pastime of slamming Arizona as a replay of the old segregated South is misinformed.”
Arizona Republic (Editorial): Mexico’s warning overblown, silly (April 30, 2010)
“We stand second to none in opposition to Arizona’s new immigration law. That said, we have to wonder: Don’t our good friends to the south have more important things to worry about than issuing “travel advisories” to Mexican citizens traveling in Arizona?”
Arizona Republic: Issue’s immediacy makes it harder to be ‘just’ a critic (April 30, 2010)
“No one watches movies in a vacuum. It’s nice to think that critics, and everyone else, could block out all outside influence, environment and matters of taste and watch a movie based on nothing but its merits. And at times – in the case of a tossed-off kids’ movie like “Furry Vengeance,” for instance – it is easier to do that than others.”
Opinion Pieces
Arizona Republic (Opinion): Immigration bill bad for business and economy (April 22, 2010)
“As any good shopkeeper will tell you, the sale you make at the register today isn’t nearly as important as your ability to attract repeat customers. If Arizona Senate Bill 1070, said to be the toughest immigration legislation in the nation, becomes law, it will be as if we’re telling America: “Sorry, we’re closed for business.”
Arizona Daily Star (Opinion): El estado de la hipocresía (April 23, 2010)
“SAN DIEGO – A fines de los años noventa, empecé a trabajar como redactor de un diario y me mudé a Arizona. Creo, al menos, que era Arizona. El lugar que yo recuerdo se parece muy poco al que voy a describir a continuación.”
Arizona Daily Star (Opinion): Immigration law will prompt the world to ‘profile’ Arizona as racist, backward (April 25, 2010)
“I’ve been racially profiled. Based on my blond hair, blue eyes and pale complexion, a hateful man in a Green Valley McDonald’s decided that I obviously agreed with his tirade against the Spanish-speaking teenagers behind the counter. “Stop talking Mexican,” he told them. “We’re in America. Talk American.”
Now, based on the passage and signing of a bill that allows cops to demand proof of legal status from pretty much anyone, all Arizonans are being profiled. This law isn’t just a “brown” or Latino issue. The effects of this wrongheaded law harm every Arizonan – even those who support it. We can all be stopped and asked for papers.”
Arizona Daily Star (Washington Post Writers Group): Accusing AZ of irresponsibility is passing strange (April 28, 2010)
“‘Misguided and irresponsible” is how Arizona’s new law pertaining to illegal immigration is characterized by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She represents San Francisco, which calls itself a “sanctuary city,” an exercise in exhibitionism that means it will be essentially uncooperative regarding enforcement of immigration laws. Yet as many states go to court to challenge the constitutionality of the federal mandate to buy health insurance, scandalized liberals invoke 19th-century specters of “nullification” and “interposition,” anarchy and disunion. Strange.”
Arizona Daily Star (Opinion): Immigration law fosters division, triggers opportunities for harassment of all people (April 29, 2010)
“The newly signed immigration law is not about immigration; it is about division. It is a blatant attempt to create an identifiable sub-class made up of the politically dispossessed: The undocumented. But it went too far; its scope is overbroad. In their zeal, the proponents of the law crossed the line. The law affects not only the undocumented but also everyone in the state of Arizona. As a lawyer friend told me, “Hell, I could be from Lithuania.”
Arizona Daily Star (Washington Post Writers Group): Republican Graham has shown courage for bucking party line (April 30, 2010)
“It isn’t easy being a caucus of one. Sometimes you don’t even agree with yourself. Just last month, South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham – the Senate Democrats’ indispensable man on immigration reform – was insisting that President Obama “step it up” on immigration if he hoped to see results.”
Reaction from South of the Border
Arizona Daily Star (AP): Mexico voices concerns over Ariz. immigrant bill (April 16, 2010)
“PHOENIX – Mexican Embassy officials are voicing concerns over what they call the potentially dire effects an immigration bill pending in the Arizona State Senate may have on the civil rights of Mexican nationals. Embassy spokesman Ricardo Alday said initiatives that exclusively criminalize immigration create opportunities for an undue enforcement of the law through racial profiling.”
Arizona Daily Star (AP): Mexico: Arizona immigration measure a ‘great concern’ (April 21, 2010)
“MEXICO CITY – The Mexican government is criticizing a tough immigration law approved this week by Arizona legislators, saying Wednesday it could result in rights violations and racial profiling and affect cross-border relations.”
Arizona Daily Star: Resources for Mexican nationals (April 23, 2010)
“Mexican nationals in Arizona who need more information or have concerns about the bill can contact the consulate’s call center, established to take complaints and to help its citizens, said Julian Etienne, a spokesman with the Mexican Consulate in Tucson.”
Arizona Daily Star: Sonora governor cancels Ariz. meeting with Brewer, cites immigration law (April 27, 2010)
“The backlash over Arizona’s new get-tough against illegal immigrants law continues. The governor of Sonora has canceled an upcoming meeting planned between officials in Arizona and Sonora that has been held each of the past 50 years.”
Arizona Republic (AP): Arizona immigration law: Mexico issues travel alert (April 27, 2010)
“MEXICO CITY – The Mexican government warned its citizens Tuesday to use extreme caution if visiting Arizona because of a tough new law that requires all immigrants and visitors to carry U.S.-issued documents or risk arrest.”
Arizona Daily Star: Mexico’s travel alert for Arizona (April 27, 2010)
“Mexico’s Foreign Ministry issued this travel alert on Tuesday, April 27, for Mexicans visiting, residing or studying in Arizona: Following the adoption in the state of Arizona, United States, of the “Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act” (SB1070), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico makes the following recommendations to Mexican nationals who have scheduled trips to that entity, or that reside or study in its territory:”
The Clergy Weights in on SB 1070
Arizona Daily Star (AP): LA cardinal calls AZ immigration bill Nazism (April 20, 2010)
“LOS ANGELES – The head of the nation’s largest Roman Catholic archdiocese has condemned a proposed Arizona crackdown on illegal immigrants, saying it encourages people to turn on each other in Nazi- and Soviet-style repression.”
Arizona Daily Star: Pearce criticizes cardinal’s remarks (April 22, 2010)
“PHOENIX – The cardinal of Los Angeles needs to make sure his own house is in order before he starts trying to shame Arizona’s efforts to enact tough new anti-immigrant laws, the architect of the plan said Wednesday.”
Arizona Daily Star: Religious leaders call Ariz. immigration law immoral, unjust (April 28, 2010)
“The state’s new immigration law is unethical and racist and goes against the values of most Arizonans, nearly 40 church and religious faith leaders said today in a news conference. “It is immoral, unethical and racist,” said the Rev. Alison Harrington, pastor of Southside Presbyterian Church where a noon news conference was held.”
Arizona Republic: Bishop Tutu on the Arizona immigration law (April 30, 2010)
“South African bishop Desmond Tutu comments on SB1070 in a column in the Huffington Post. Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to combat racism and apartheid in South Africa.”
State Plea for Action from Federal Government
Arizona Republic: Desperation leads Arizona to Police State (April 24, 2010)
“Fifty-three percent of likely Arizona voters are concerned that the state’s tough new law targeting illegal immigrants will also be used to violate the civil rights of United States citizens. The majority of them support it anyway.”
Arizona Republic: Arizona immigration law revives calls for federal action on reform (April 24, 2010)
“WASHINGTON – Arizona’s new law cracking down on illegal immigrants has thrust the dormant issue of immigration reform back into the national spotlight. Immigrant-rights advocates are showing a renewed urgency to push Congress and President Barack Obama to adopt a federal law combining tough enforcement with a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the country.”
Arizona Daily Star: Obama seeks GOP assistance (April 28, 2010)
“OTTUMWA, Iowa – President Obama on Tuesday warned of harassment against Hispanics under Arizona’s tough new immigration law, saying such “poorly conceived” measures can be halted if the federal government fixes the nation’s broken immigration system for good.”
Arizona Republic: Arizona’s immigration law has ripple effect (April 28, 2010)
“WASHINGTON – Arizona’s tough new immigration law has spawned calls for boycotts, a travel warning from Mexico to its citizens and a possible federal lawsuit, but a key Republican senator said Tuesday that it is not likely to result in comprehensive immigration reform this year.”
Arizona Daily Star: AZ law stirs calls for federal bill (April 29, 2010)
“WASHINGTON – An emerging immigration proposal by three Democratic senators calls for more federal enforcement agents and other border security-tightening benchmarks before illegal immigrants could become legal U.S. residents.”
Arizona the Pariah
Arizona Daily Star: Border Boletín: Everybody’s weighing on border security (April 21, 2010)
“The March 27 killing of rancher Robert Krentz last month has set off a wave of press conferences, letters, conference calls and hearings about how to make the U.S.-Mexico border more secure.”
Arizona Republic: Arizona immigration bill debate on Twitter (April 22, 2010)
“Want to watch the Twitter debate over Arizona’s immigration bill signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer? Click on the purple box. Want to provide your own update using Twitter? Add one of the following hashtags to the end of your Tweet to ensure that it becomes part of the conversation – and appears in azcentral.com’s feed: #azimmigration or #SB1070.”
Arizona Daily Star: Border Boletín: State immigration bill talk of the nation (April 22, 2010)
“The wide-reaching immigration bill on Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s desk continues to draw attention from across the nation — most of it ridiculing Arizona. The latest comes from Comedy Central’s Colbert Report. Colbert said about the bill, “Harassing Latinos with racial profiling isn’t an inevitable side effect of Arizona’s anti-immigration law — it’s the entire point.” I have provided the link in the box to the left.”
Arizona Republic: Stephen Colbert rips Arizona immigration bill (April 23, 2010)
“In a sure sign that Arizona’s controversial immigration bill has morphed into culture-war ammo, Stephen Colbert destroyed the thing Wednesday night. Colbert, the host of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report,” mercilessly – and hilariously – mocked the bill, which awaits an action by Gov. Jan Brewer, in his nightly segment “The Word.” Wednesday night’s word: “No problemo.”
Arizona Daily Star: Arizona turns into America’s punch line (April 23, 2010)
“Arizona has been getting more than the usual level of national media attention this week because of the controversial immigration bill and the so-called “birther” bill, with descriptions from the Beltway ranging from “dumb” to “nutty.”
Arizona Republic: Arizona immigration law: Furor continues to grow (April 26, 2010)
“The furor over Arizona’s new law cracking down on illegal immigrants grew Monday as opponents used refried beans to smear swastikas on the state Capitol, civil rights leaders demanded a boycott of the state, and the Obama administration weighed a possible legal challenge.”
Arizona Daily Star: Backlash grows vs. AZ immigrant law (April 27, 2010)
“PHOENIX – The furor over Arizona’s new law cracking down on illegal immigrants grew Monday as opponents used refried beans to smear swastikas on the state Capitol; civil rights leaders demanded a boycott of the state; and the Obama administration weighed a possible legal challenge.”
Arizona Daily Star: What they’re saying about Arizona today (April 28, 2010)
“What the bloggers, politicians and others are saying about Arizona’s immigration situation today:”
Arizona Daily Star: Immigration law: what they’re saying (April 29) (April 29, 2010)
“Here’s what politicians, bloggers and others are saying about Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration law.”
Arizona Republic: Famous singers add clout to fight against Arizona’s immigration law (April 29, 2010)
“Two famous singers will lend their celebrity to the campaign against Arizona’s tough new illegal-immigration law today while a religious group plans to file the first lawsuit against it.”
Arizona Republic: Shakira condemns Arizona’s immigration law (April 29, 2010)
“Latina pop star Shakira condemned Arizona’s new law targeting illegal immigration, saying it promotes discrimination and robs Latinos of human dignity.”
Arizona Daily Star: Border Boletín: “I support Arizona” (April 30, 2010)
“Yesterday, I posted a blog about a pair of Facebook pages in opposition to to Arizona’s new immigration enforcement law. Here is a Facebook page supporting Arizona’s new immigration enforcement law:”
Immigration in an Election Season
Arizona Republic: Stapley comes out against SB 1070 (April 21, 2010)
“Maricopa County Chairman Don Stapley is among those who are urging Gov. Jan Brewer to veto immigration Senate Bill 1070. Stapley joins Luz Sarmina, CEO of the non-profit Valle del Sol, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, and police chiefs from across the nation.”
Arizona Republic: Reactions to Gov. Brewer’s decision to sign SB1070 (April 23, 2010)
“Andrew Thomas, Former Maricopa County Attorney “This will give state and local law enforcement officials important new tools for the fight against illegal immigration. I strongly support its passage and look forward to defending the law in court next year should I be elected Attorney General.”
Sen. Jorge Luis Garcia. D-27 “Governor Brewer showed the world that she is more willing to put her own reelection bid ahead of vetoing a mean-spirited piece of legislation that targets racial minorities,” said Sen. Jorge Luis Garcia. “It is hypocritical of Brewer to have stood in front of two large Latino functions and say that she would do what she believes was right for Arizona. Eroding our economic recovery and marginalizing communities does the exact opposite of what is right.”
Arizona Daily Star: Obama calls Ariz. immigration bill ‘misguided,’ vows review (April 23, 2010)
“PHOENIX – President Barack Obama called an Arizona immigration bill “misguided” Friday and said it could violate people’s civil rights, intensifying pressure on the state’s Republican governor to veto the nation’s toughest legislation against illegal immigration.”
Arizona Daily Star: Shock wave from new Arizona law felt in DC (April 24, 2010)
“WASHINGTON – With a divisive new law in Arizona providing the kindling, the national debate over immigration has reignited, as Democrats and Republicans in Congress appeal to their political bases ahead of November’s elections. It’s unclear, however, whether Congress and the Obama administration are prepared to act on the issue or just talk.”
Arizona Daily Star: Threats lead Grijalva to close Tucson, Yuma offices (April 24, 2010)
“Despite being forced to close his Tucson and Yuma offices in the wake of death threats, Democratic U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva continued his opposition to the state’s controversial new immigration enforcement law, saying it has made Arizona “a pariah among state governments.”
Arizona Daily Star (AP): Attorney General: Feds might challenge Ariz. immigration law (April 27, 2010)
“WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder says the federal government may challenge Arizona’s new law on immigration. The attorney general told reporters Tuesday that he fears Arizona’s new law is subject to abuse.”
Arizona Daily Star: Brewer strikes back at critics of new law (April 28, 2010)
“PHOENIX – Tired of growing national disapproval, Gov. Jan Brewer struck back Tuesday night at the Obama administration and others critical of the state’s new law aimed at illegal immigrants. “Why don’t they do their job and uphold their laws?” Brewer said.”
Arizona Daily Star: TUSD: Students won’t be questioned about immigration status (April 28, 2010)
“The Tucson Unified School District took time to discuss the new immigration law and the possible impact on its students at a Governing Board meeting Tuesday night. Just days after being signed into law, the district administration and Governing Board have already fielded questions from staff about whether they need to inquire about the immigration status of students.”
Nogales International: Supervisors eye resolution (April 30, 2010)
“The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors canceled a special session scheduled for Wednesday to consider a resolution opposing Arizona’s new immigration law, known as SB 1070…“Is it going to be something condemning the law? I don’t know,” Supervisor Manuel Ruiz said. “But what we want to put in there is something to make sure we get reimbursed for the cost of implementing this new law.”
Nogales International: Concern for victims’ rights (April 30, 2010)
“County Attorney George Silva says that while the potential financial costs associated with Arizona’s new immigration law are worrisome, his biggest unease is that his office won’t be able to protect all crime victims in the county.”
Nogales International: Immigration law exposes county to lawsuit blitz (April 30, 2010)
“A provision in Arizona’s new immigration law that allows people to sue local agencies for not vigorously enforcing the measure could cost the county – and its taxpayers – big bucks, says County Attorney George Silva.”
Arizona Republic (WUSA-TV, Washington, D.C.): Va. official: Similar immigration law worked (April 30, 2010)
“WOODBRIDGE, Va.- Nationwide, there’s been explosive reaction to Arizona’s new immigration law, the toughest in the nation. It makes it a state crime for illegal immigrants to be in the country and allows Arizona law enforcement officials to detain those suspected of being here illegally, unless they can prove otherwise.”
SB 1070 Divides the Public
Arizona Republic: Angst rises as Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer mulls immigration bill (April 21, 2010)
“The nation’s battle over immigration reform this week landed squarely on Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s office steps. And with four days left to decide what she’ll do about one of the state’s most divisive issues in the midst of an election year, the pressure is mounting.”
Arizona Daily Star: Pueblo Politics: Most callers to Gov. Brewer favor SB1070 veto (April 22, 2010)
“Green Valley resident Martha Belle Fray has been trying for three days to tell Gov. Jan Brewer to veto Senate Bill 1070, authorizing police to question residents about their legal status.”
Arizona Daily Star: Pueblo Politics: UA law students mull pulling speaker invite over immigration vote (April 23, 2010)
“Arizona state Rep. Ted Vogt was elected by his classmates to speak when 150 law school students graduate from the University of Arizona law school in mid-May. But that was before the Republican was appointed to the Arizona state House in mid-March to fill a vacancy created when Frank Antenori moved up to the state Senate.”
Nogales International: In Nogales, some fear law will lead to racial profiling (April 27, 2010)
“Only once since he moved here 15 years ago from Hermosillo has Gilberto Guevara been stopped by a Border Patrol agent in Nogales and asked to prove his immigration status – and that was 14 years ago. But with Arizona’s tough new immigration law set to take effect later this summer, Guevara, a 59-year-old department store employee, expects that despite his legal status in the country, his Hispanic features will make him a regular target of immigration queries.”
Arizona Republic: ‘Good news’ for supporters of SB1070 (April 27, 2010)
“Paulene Garcia will like this column for two reasons: First, she’s in it. Second, it tells the story of two illegal immigrants who plan to leave the state and the country. Garcia contacted me last week with a simple request. “Why don’t you consider interviewing a Hispanic that supports Russell Pearce and Sheriff Joe Arpaio?” she asked.
Arizona Republic: Referendum could delay Arizona immigration law to 2012 (April 28, 2010)
“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.”
Arizona Republic: Arizona immigration law could drive Latinos out of state (April 28, 2010)
“Adriana Miranda leaned against the door frame and started to sob. Her husband hasn’t found steady work in a year. Then, on Friday, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed the tough anti-illegal-immigration law that will allow police to arrest illegal immigrants like her. It was the last straw. After seven years in Arizona, the family was moving.”
Arizona Daily Star: Border Boletín: Do I look illegal? (April 29, 2010)
“Two facebook pages have been launched this week to express opposition to the state’s sweeping immigration enforcement law. One is selling t-shirts at $15 a pop that say, “Do I look illegal” and the other is page called, “I may live in Arizona, but I’m not insane.”
Arizona Daily Star: UAgainst SB1070 response to Shelton’s memo (April 29, 2010)
“This is a memo from “UAgainst SB1070″ in response to University of Arizona president Robert Shelton’s memo about SB1070′s impact on the UA campus. UAgainst SB1070 is a new student group, led by two grad students. Links are for your background information and aren’t part of the original response.”
Arizona Republic: Immigration law supporters say measure is a ‘wake-up call’ (April 29, 2010)
“Craig Chenery understands chasing the American dream. It’s what brought him to the Valley from a small village in England, propelling him to get permanent residency and work toward citizenship. What he can’t understand is why others are so willing to break the law to be here.”
Arizona Republic: Some Arizonans waiting to pick sides regarding state’s new immigration law (April 30, 2010)
“Given all the heated rhetoric over Arizona’s immigration law, it would seem everyone has a strong opinion. But a small percentage of people are reserving their judgment, or at least their willingness to cheer or pound their fists, until they see how enforcement of the new law plays out. They are not inclined to show up at protests or argue at work. Although they may have opinions, they don’t spend a lot of time reading or watching news reports about reaction to Senate Bill 1070, which was signed into law by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer last week.”
Immigration briefs
Arizona Daily Star: Immigration briefs (April 28, 2010)
Protesters, hotel group battle on the Internet: PHOENIX – In this Internet age, calls to boycott Arizona over its immigration-enforcement law are spreading across social media sites.
Calif. governor is asked to review dealings with AZ: SACRAMENTO, Calif. – One of California’s top legislative leaders called on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Tuesday to review the state’s contracts with Arizona and cancel them if it’s legally possible as a protest against that state’s new immigration law.
McCain defends law, cites failure in border security: WASHINGTON – Sen. John McCain says Arizona had to pass a tough immigration law because the Obama administration has failed to “secure our borders.”
Napolitano: New law could deplete US funding: WASHINGTON – Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says Arizona’s new immigration law could siphon federal money and staffing needed to go after dangerous immigrants.
Ill. protest tries to block immigrant deportation: CHICAGO – Chanting “Illinois is not Arizona,” activists in Chicago escalated their push for immigration-policy change Tuesday by trying to block the deportation of illegal immigrants from a federal detention center in suburban Broadview, the first of what they vowed would be acts of civil disobedience.”
Arizona Daily Star: Immigration briefs (April 30, 2010)
3 council members pitch challenge to bill: Three Tucson City Council members are calling for the city to bring a legal challenge against the state for Senate Bill 1070, contending the bill is unconstitutional.
UA president: Bill affecting enrollment: University of Arizona President Robert Shelton said a few families from other states contacted him to say they are sending their honors students to colleges outside Arizona.
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