Friday, April 23, 2010
Politics Arizona Governor Signs Racist, Unconstitutional Immigration Bill in Cowardly Friday Afternoon News Dump
Posted by Mark Asch on Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 5:14 PM
Arizona's proposed immigration bill, which requires police to stop and demand the papers of people who look like illegal immigrants, was condemned this morning by the president, and earlier in the week by Mexican-American Arizona Congressman Raul Grivalja, who received death threats for his trouble.
Following the bill's passage this week by the Arizona legislature, Governor Jan Brewer had refused to disclose her plans for the bill. She signed it today, denying that the law would lead to racial profiling, even though the law requires local law enforcement officials to "to demand immigration papers from anyone who they have a 'reasonable suspicion' is in the country illegally," and there is literally no other possible way to interpret "reasonable suspicion."
Court challenges will follow immediately; and the timeline for federal legislation just sped way the hell up.
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