The state of Arizona is up to no good. In an effort to nip illegal immigration in the bud, the House of Representatives passed SB1070, a bill that will allow state police to perform random checks on any individual where “reasonable suspicion exists that the person is an alien who is unlawfully present in the U.S.,” a.k.a. ”any Latino who just might happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
Once illegal, the legislation now gives police total freedom to stop anyone suspected of being an illegal immigrant, and arrest anyone for not carrying the required forms of identification. This bill is guaranteed to take racial profiling and hate crimes to new heights across the nation, and violate the rights of all “minority” citizens in the state of Arizona.
According to representative John Kavanagh (R-Fountain Hills),
“This updated version gives our local police officers the tools they need to combat illegal immigration, while protecting the civil rights of citizens and legal residents.”
Opponents, like writer Miguel Guadalupe, who wrote a passionate op-ed for The Huffington Post, aren’t buying it:
“What of fellow citizens? What of the millions of US born and naturalized persons, or those who are in the process of becoming so, who might share the physical characteristics of these “outsiders?” Shall we pin our papers to our coats when walking on the street to avoid harassment? Perhaps we should stitch patches to our sleeves so the police can easily tell who we are and what our status is? If you can ask for papers of any one on the street, why not at their homes? Better yet, why not relocate us to a central part of town, so that the authorities can have an easier time monitoring our movements, all in the name of keeping out the undesirables…I fear for an America where liberty can be so fickle and discriminate.”
Read the bill in detail, and find out how you can raise your voice.
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I like this guy Zack, he’s all business.
Good post, thx.
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