NY Times: Arizona Goes Over the Edge (Immigration Legislation)

[pampango]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/opinion/18sun3.html

"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.

The bill is a grab bag of measures to enlist law enforcement and government at every level to expose and expel the undocumented. Opponents say it verges on a police state, which sounds overblown until you read it.

It would make not having immigration documents a new state misdemeanor, and allow officers to arrest anyone who could not immediately prove they were here legally. That means if you are brown-skinned and leave home without a wallet, you are in trouble.

The bill, passed by Arizona’s Republican-controlled House on a party-line vote, has already passed the state Senate and will soon be before Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican. She has not said whether she will sign it. "

[blueamy66]

1. Sometimes I am ashamed of my state.

I have many Hispanic friends....many just like family....and this pisses me off.

[DesertRat]

2. Same here. n/t

[lonestarnot]

3. Most times,

it is an embarrassment.

[classysassy]

4. The state

is a beautiful place,its the fools in charge that give it a bad name.Brewer,McCain,Kyl,all of the republicans in the house and senate, and lets not forget our most foul the clown prince of arizona sheriff joe.

[Union Yes]

5. Sounds like big government to me. nt