AZ immigration law: S**t is hittng the fan. Here's a sampling.

[Fridays Child]

From Tucson Breaking News emails today...

Tucson officer files suit to stop immigration law

World Boxing Council: No Mexican fighters in Ariz.

Denver schools protest Arizona immigration law

Singer Linda Ronstadt joins challenge of AZ immigration law

Immigration law prompts students to leave, UA president says

[azmouse]

1. It's only the beginning.

I wonder if the Republicans are having any regrets. nah...probably not.

[movonne]

6. When it start hitting their pocketbooks they will have many, many regrets...

[truedelphi]

2. City Council in San Francisco California has proposed a boycott.

And it sounds like many businesses outside that county will voluntarily comply - including firms like Intel, and Sun Systems, both in Santa Clara County.

While inside San Francisco County, there will not be any one from the city government planning on holding any retreats/conventions or other events in Arizona.

LTTE suggest that the Giants quit holding their annual spring training in that state - as the people of color on the team could be mistreated by the Arizona police and other officials.

[BlooInBloo]

4. It's gone substantially past that. SFO has banned official city workers from travelling to AZ....

OAK is headed towards a boycott along with SFO.

LAX is working towards boycotting AZ.

The Diamondbacks are starting to run into protests wherever they go.

Austin TX is considering boycotting AZ.

New York City is considering boycotting AZ.

We'll see if it continues taking off, or if it fizzles.

[PBS Poll-435]

19. How is Intel going to boycott Arizona when they have 2 fabrication plants there?

(and 10,000 direct employees working in Arizona?)

http://www.intel.com/community/arizona/index.htm

[truedelphi]

20. Official Company spokesperson was saying that they were

Looking into it.

They do have the ability to cancel contracts that don't have anything to do with the semi conductor fab plants in AZ. No company needs the hassle of looking overly sympathetic to the situation in AZ - there could be a huge backlash against Intel if it isn't conscious of the fact that Caucasians are now (or soon to be) in the minority in this state.

[truedelphi]

30. I did not realize that the Intel presence in AZ

Is this intense:

"Intel's current presence in Arizona has a USD 2.6 billion annual impact on the state's economy and supports 27,680 indirect Arizona jobs. (Source: Center for Business Research, Arizona State University, Oct. 2004)

Site contact: Corporate Affairs
Phone: [phone]"

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. They'll wish they had a bigger fan.

Much bigger.........

[lonestarnot]

22. We'll need fucking windmills before this shit is over!

Stupid fuckers with leather faces who want to be invading the TV box at everyone else's expense, no matter the outcome of their actions need to go on trial for something. Tax payer dollars would be better spent in that prosecution! Is there such a crime as intentional malicious law making?

[IndianaJoe]

5. Mexican Cab Drivers: "No Rides for Arizona Gringos"

<http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63R5HP20100428>

[indago]

7. Kabuki Dance

Ah yes! Now the kabuki dance begins...

Now, the backpedaling, and sidestepping...

From Fox News 28 April 2010:
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Some 'Sanctuary Cities' Fight Arizona's New Immigration Law Without Offering Sanctuary — They may call themselves "sanctuary cities," but very few of them are offering sanctuary to the illegal immigrants in Arizona who now face possible arrest and deportation.

As San Francisco and other "sanctuary cities" declare war on Arizona over its new law cracking down on illegal immigrants, most state and local governments that provide a safe haven to undocumented workers refused to publicly roll out a welcome mat for the estimated 440,000 illegals in the Grand Canyon state.

Several mid-size cities and states with policies that seek to protect undocumented workers either declined to comment to FoxNews.com on whether it would accept Arizona's illegal immigrants or said the possibility had not been considered.

"We don't have any actions planned," said Jillian Schoene, a spokeswoman for Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski. "If I have a chance to take this up with the governor, I'll call you back."

Schoene didn't call FoxNews.com back.
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/28/sanctuary-cities-fight-arizonas-new-immigration-law-offering-sanctuary/>ARTICLE

[IndianaJoe]

8. What's FOX want? Ethnic cleansing? n/t

[alcibiades_mystery]

9. Fox is procaiming to its idiot followers like indago that sanctuary cities are "hypocrites"

or some such nonsense, because they are not "offering" to "take" "440,000" undocumented people (which Fox and fucking racist assholes like indago like to label "illegals" as if their very being were a violation of the law). Needless to say, that's not what sanctuary city has ever meant to anyone ever, except to racist fuckwit know-nothings like indago.

[IndianaJoe]

10. Yeah, the implication is ....

Well, if you're an illegal and Arizona doesn't want you, you should go to a "sanctuary city" ....Oh gee, that won't work. They don't want you either.

Total bullshit. But that's FOX. Gin up the hatred and boost the ratings.

[booley]

24. well it worked for jews fleeing Germany

They just went to Switzerland or boarded the St. Louis to America and they were all safe...

Oh wait. Never mind.

Yeah yeah I know. This isn't Nazi Germany and this isn't the holocaust.

But my somewhat hyperbolically given point is that when faced with discrimination and prejudice the answer is to to flee. It never works.

Saying something isn't' wrong because the victims have the option to flee is really dumb.

[tsuki]

14. Yes. THEY want THEIR country back. nt

[EFerrari]

16. Yes.

[IndianaJoe]

18. I think they do too n/t

[sabrina 1]

11. Typical stupidity from the world's most stupid media corporation.

First of all the law won't just affect undocumented workers, it will affect legal residents and citizens who are minorities. And why should any of them leave Az? That is not the goal, the goal is to rescind that law and run the politicians whose idea it was out of office. Hopefully that can be achieved pretty quickly.

[Seneca]

12. Linda Ronstadt to AZ racists:

"You're no good."

[tsuki]

13. I don't think they care. But I am willing to bet that there are challengers

at every precinct next election to challenge Hispanic voters so they can be turned away from the polls.

THEY want THEIR country back.

[ccharles000]

15. k/r

[Soylent Brice]

17. the tidal wave approaches...

K&R

[sohndrsmith]

21. be interesting to have a thread (even a discussion, if non-permanent)

much like Late Breaking News where people could post nothing but links/updates/quotes and we could see them accrue...

Thanks for this list. It's going to grow. Fast.

[Fridays Child]

25. A GD: AZ Immigration Law forum?

Or just a continuously updated thread would work.

[sohndrsmith]

26. I think the chances of anything formal might be slim. : ) But trying to keep

one thread updated (yours, maybe? <g>) would work. I'll post whatever I find...

I live in Phoenix and I'm mad as heck.

I'm glad to see so many are so furious, but at the same time, it's tough because many of the boycotts will very likely hurt many of the very people it's meant to help - legal immigrant employees who are the life-force, more often than not, in the service/hospitality industries and many others, too.

How the simpleton who calls herself Governor didn't foresee the economic backlash that was not possible or probable but **guaranteed** to slam AZ's economy to it's knees, is unfathomable.

Given the shattered state of the economy already, I would hate to think this was a move to bring more funds (think of all the jail cells needed! Good grief). These folks are just evil. They're not purely naive because of the racism involved. Sot they're bad, bad people and I hope they reap appropriate consequences and then some.

So I'm a bundle of mixed feelings about this whole thing, but the primary one is pure outrage at the bigoted dolts that lit this racist match...

[Fridays Child]

28. I could re-post the links in this thread to one entitled...

"Share your AZ Immigration backlash articles here." That would make the intent of the thread more clear, don't you think?

[RedCappedBandit]

23. Very exciting seeing the nation respond to this situation. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

27. This will be overtunred fairly fast

this is the economic cost.

[Fridays Child]

29. Here's a thread dedicated to the backlash.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8243537&mesg_id=8243537

[Kablooie]

31. Unfortunately it will become the primary election issue and draw GOP votes like flies.

If they feel they are being attacked they will gang together and be a stronger force in November.