It is clear that illegal immigration has gotten out of control and constringent measures need to be taken to protect the United States borders. The local Government of Arizona recently decided to take control of the situation, by passing the “Support our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act” {House Bill 2162}. This bill gives law enforcement officers and agencies the authority, to lawfully stop, detain and arrest anyone who appears to look like an illegal alien. The bill out-right condones racial profiling and it violates civil rights, as well!
Home Land security statistics on immigration verifies that there are approximately 11 million illegal immigrants who reside in the United States. In Arizona, there is an estimate of 460,000 unauthorized immigrants in 2009. (United States). Arizona borders with Mexico and it is implied that the majority of the illegal immigrants are of a Mexican background. These figures are understandable disturbing to Arizona’s local government primarily and the nation as a whole. The large influx of illegal immigrants is causing severe economic and social problems. Prisons, schools, and hospitals are the institutions that receive the direct blows of the state’s immigration problems. For these reasons, law makers in the State of Arizona justify their new “suspicious” immigration law (Matthews Mark K).
The strong voices of Arizona’s new immigration law are, Governor Jan Brewer, State Senator Russell Pearce (R), and the infamous lawyer Kris Kobach. Legal Director of Southern Poverty Law Center {SPLC}, Mary Bauer, states that some of the personalities behind Arizona’s new immigration law are highly suspicious. State Senator Russell Pearce (R), in 2006 forwards an email to his neo-Nazi supporters d...
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Tommy Christopher. "This Week: the Pros and Cons of Racial Profiling and Arizona Immigration Law." 21 June 2010
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Unite States. Department of Justice. Title Vii of the Civil Act Rights of 1964. United States, 1964.
To uphold the law and protect the interests of the United States according to the law.
United States. Office of Immigration Statistics. Department of Homeland Security. Population Estimates. Rytina Nancy Hoefer Michael and Baker Bryan C. Office of Immigration Statistics Policy Directorate, 2010. 4.
Protects the United States Border from any form threat. I main purpose is to keep the nation safe.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. (n.d.). The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Retrieved November 20, 2014, from http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/titlevii.cfm
Mark Twain stated: “It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never to use either”. Perhaps this is what happened when the new law of Arizona was created. What does law means? Law is a set of rules established by a governing authority to institute and maintain orderly coexistence (Merriam Webster’s). A new law named SB 1070 has been written with hostile points that threats human rights. Thousands of illegal immigrants were force to return back to their countries. I admit that illegal immigration is a Federal Government crime, but SB 1070 is a discriminatory law against Hispanics. I believe Arizona’s Law SB 1070 should be forbidden because it only targets one specific type of illegal aliens, those who are Hispanic, which promotes racism.
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I propose that as citizens of Arizona, the only way we are going to solve this enormous problem is to take action ourselves. Such actions can include talking or writing to our Senators and letting them know our feelings on the bill and to present our own ideas to the representatives as assistance. Also, the media is a huge market that wants to hear from you, the victims of such a crime. The only way to make difference is to become involved.
It varies from lawsuits against the Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for racial profiling, to Arizona laws against the Hispanic Community. Sheriff Apraio has been facing the lawsuit since 2007 and the federal judges have found the sheriff agency to have racially profiled Hispanics during patrol operations (Holstege). This creates a hostile environment towards law enforcement in general among the Hispanic community, not only the Sheriff Office. The law basically allows law enforcement officers to request documentation or proof of legal status of anyone who they have “reasonable doubt they are illegally in this country.” However, how can you have “reasonable doubt” that someone is illegal on this country? Well, their appearance, their language? South Phoenix, a neighborhood mostly composed by Hispanics from Mexican ancestry, has experienced the targeting of this law due to their appearance. Almost every Hispanic resident of South Phoenix neighborhood feared the repercussion of the law. Even US citizens and legal US residents were terrified of law enforcement officers due to their appearance. They stopped coming out of their houses, unless it was extremely necessary, just to avoid contact with law enforcement (Szkupinski). How can you trust the people that are supposed to protect you, if they are the ones terrorizing your neighborhood? How can you report a real crime, if you do you can
On April 23, 2010, Arizona Governor Janice K. Brewer signed the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act (SOLESNA), or Arizona Senate Bill 1070 (S.B. 1070, as it is popularly known). The purpose of the act is “... to discourage and deter the unlawful entry and presence of aliens and economic activity by persons unlawfully present in the United States” (Senate Bill 1070, 2010). Arizona Senate Bill 1070 is considered one of the harshest anti-immigration law due to it’s enforcements. Nevertheless, it is not the first law of it’s kind. Geographically, Arizona is prime for an anti-immigration bill such as S.B. 1070, as it is one of four states (including California, Texas, and New Mexico) that borders Mexico. Previously, Arizona passed laws such as proposition 200 in 2004, “which barred the provision of public benefits to illegal aliens and required proof of citizenship when individuals registered to vote” (Kobach, 2011). Then it followed with the Arizona human smuggling law in 2005 and the Legal Arizona Workers Act of 2007, “which made Arizona the first state in the nation to require all businesses to use the federal E-Verify program to confirm the work authorization of employees” (Kobach, 2011). While a bill such as S.B. 1070 can generate much controversy, support for its enactment can be traced back to Rob Krentz, an Arizona farmer that “ was shot and killed 30 miles outside of Douglas, Arizona nearly a month before the bill passed” (Long-Garcia, 2010). Although nobody was charged with the crime, the local authorities believed it to be the act of drug smugglers. According to The Battle for Arizona by Nathan Thornburgh, Krentz’s death arose issues that have been talked about before the incident but have not been dealt w...
Base on Maria Hinojosa’s view, “In Arizona, they banded the Mexican American study program in the public school. The program ended in 2012, but not without students protect.” (00:05:47). Base on the information from the radio of Latino USA, we understand how hard for the immigrations to survive with the racist issue. People come to the United State to achieve the America’s dream, which can provide for people an advance future. It is totally unfair that they shut down the program without provide any students protect. People can tell from this action that racists problems already happened in Arizona, and the new law SB1070 is actually increasing that problems become more complex. No matter where do we come from, or who we are, we have human right to treat other as respectful. By stopping people base on officers’ perceptions is already hurt people feeling and become not respectful to people. According to Jason Nier, Samuel Gaertner, Charles Nier and John Dovidio, authors of the article, “Can Racial Profiling Be Avoided Under Arizona Immigration Law? Lessons Learned From Subtle Bias Research and Anti-Discrimination Law,”
This article was written by Pricilla Alvarez on 6 Jun. 2017 to provide information of the concerns of Texas enforcing the SB4 law and whether it will be harmful rather than beneficial for the state when reporting crime or catching criminals. A detailed explanation on the SB4 crackdown in Texas and what it could mean can be found on The Atlantic website. The article starts off by giving a background of the crackdown of the sanctuary cities by providing evidence of counties who banned or restricted sanctuary cities, and states that the law “protects immigrants who are witnesses and victims of crimes”. The article goes on to confess that local law enforcement share conflicting reviews of the law, and the punishments that follow if these officials
Anti-defamation League. “Arizona: The Key Players in the Anti-immigrant Movement.” Adi.org. 2013. Web. 19 Oct 2013.
Bad economic results can occur when racial profiling is accepted and urged to be used. Matthew Rothschild states, “Better to take nonviolent action and press our case with boycott”(3).Rothschild is referring to Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration law that allows local law enforcement the power to ask any suspect for proof of citizenship. This law outraged many people and city also took offense to this new law. Rothschild also goes on to state, “San Francisco is leading the way. Mayor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order that prevents city officials travelling on official business to Arizona” (3). We can see this law hurt states by losing support because of acceptance to racial profiling. Having acceptance for racial profiling can cause outrage and boycotts, but more important it can...
This article was written by the San Jose Mercury News in 2010, which talks about the city of San Jose was considering to boycott the state of Arizona due to the immigration law, which is going get in the way of business for both parties. San Jose spended millions of dollars in business with companies that are located in Arizona, such as a stun-gun company called Taser International, and a commercial trash hauler named Allied Waste. There is a split decision on whether to go forward with the boycott, since there were some arguments that was mention in the article, and was the reason for the boycott delayed. The majority of the city council members wanted to send a message, a message that they do not support the immigration law, yet the other
In 1965, President Johnson attempted to give priority to family reunification petitions by immigrants. In 1986, the United States apprehended 1.7 million undocumented immigrants. The Immigration Reform and Control Act was later established which gave amnesty to illegal immigrants then in the country, but also imposed sanctions on employers who hired undocumented workers. A 1996 law doubled the size of border control and created 600 new immigration naturalization services investigative agents, implemented newer technology to catch those crossing the border, made it easier to deport immigrants without proper paperwork, and harder for immigrants to gain political asylum. Although some laws have been made to help out both documented and undocumented immigrants within America, there are still some laws that are blatantly racist towards people of color. For example, an Arizona law allows local police to check a person’s immigration status and criminalizes those who fail to carry registration papers. The Obama Administration has challenged the
Vaughan, Jessica M. “Aliens Who Overstay Their Visas Are a Serious Security Threat.” Opposing Viewpoints: Immigration. Eds. David M. Haugen, Susan Musser and Kacy Lovelace. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven Press, 2009. 182-193. Print.
Homeland Security’s mission is “to secure the nation from the many threats we face. With honor and integrity, we will safeguard the American people, our homeland, and our values.”[3]
What is border security? The United States Customs and Border Protection define border security as a “top priority is to keep terrorists and their weapons from entering the U.S. while welcoming all legitimate travelers and commerce. CBP officers and agents enforce all applicable U.S. laws, including against illegal immigration, narcotics smuggling and illegal importation. Therefore, in order for the United States to be successful in securing the nation’s border, there is an essential need for border security. This has not been an easy challenge but it is something that has to be done otherwise imagine how great a disaster our nation would be. For over 86 years, the United States' approach to securing its border with Mexico has seen many changes and improvements, all of which have contributed positively to the prevention of illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and potential terrorism.