Thursday, April 15, 2010

Tough immigration bill advances in Arizona

The Arizona House of Representatives passed a bill this week that would make it a crime not to have proper documentation and to solicit work as a day laborer.

In the House, 35 Republicans voted for it and 21 Democrats opposed it, reported the LA Times.

The bill would also allow police to arrest immigrants who don’t have paperwork showing their legality, reported Fox News.

"When you make life difficult," said state Sen. Russell Pearce, "most will leave on their own."


The Seattle TImes reported that Governor Jan Brewer is expected to sign it.

Chris Newman, Legal Director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, responded.

"Arizona is on the verge of enacting the most anti-immigrant legislation the country has seen in a generation,” he said. “Arizona has long been a laboratory for anti-immigrant experimentation, and its demagogue leaders have become folk heros for white supremacists throughout the United States, but this bill ushers in a new chapter of disgrace for the state that resisted celebrating the life of Martin Luther King."

Sources: Fox News, NDLON, LA Times, Seattle Times

1 comment:

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