Business opposition doomed Arizona immigration bills (or - The Boycott Worked)

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PHOENIX | Dozens of Arizona CEOs from hospitals, construction companies and other major businesses joined to turn back new get-tough legislation on illegal immigration, citing worries that emphasis on the issue could hurt the state’s struggling economy and cost jobs.

The result Thursday was something much different from a year ago, when Arizona’s governor enacted a tough local enforcement measure that put the state at the heart of a fierce national debate over the issue. This time, numerous Republican senators joined with Democrats in rejecting bills dealing with health care, government benefits and everyday activities like driving.

Besides business groups’ opposition, others factors came into play: There isn’t an election looming this fall, some GOP senators had never been too enthused by the severity of some of the bills and many lawmakers have simply become tired of the issue.

Getting the clear “vote no” signal from so many major employers provided political cover to lawmakers whose constituents could demand explanations for votes against the bills, said Bill Hart, an analyst for the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University.



Read more: http://midwestdemocracyproject.org/articles/business-opposition-doomed-arizona-immigration-bills/#ixzz1H3NOOmqV

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1. recommend

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. It took boycotts to wake up these bastards.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. And they still lie. Assholes.