On Friday Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed into law Arizona Senate Bill 1070. This bill will allow police to stop anyone that looks like an illegal immigrant and ask for their residency papers. If the stopped individual is unable to show their papers they can be detained. The horrible thing is if they are actually a citizen and did not have their papers they are given a 500 dollar fine and 6 months in jail.There is no way to identify illegal immigrant. As most people know illegal immigrants come from all parts of the world and not just Mexico. This is a bill will discriminate Hispanics and other peoples of color.
Immigrants built this nation into what it is today. Naivest movements come and go, but what is scary about this movement is that a state government is supporting it. The bill allows a great expansion of state power through law enforcement. The ability given to police in Arizona now can be compared with power given to police in the Soviet Union and Nazi German. I know these are radical examples, but this is how bad this law can get if something is not done. What needs to be done to counteract this law is support of its repeal.
This law does not help the common good of the American people. The law is direct discrimination of American citizens. There are better ways to fix the immigration system than discriminating against a group. It important that people express their displeasure, because complacency will allow this to happen in more areas.
Fact Sheet for S.B. 1070
Arizona S.B. 1070
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20100419/us-immigration-enforcement/
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/04/25/us/AP-US-Immigration-Enforcement.html?_r=1
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