Arizona has passed one of the toughest anti-immigrant bills in the country. The bill directs police to determine the immigration status of noncriminals if there is a ‘reasonable suspicion‘ they are undocumented. Immigrant rights groups say it amounts to a police state. [ READ MORE ]

If it passes–and it took a giant leap toward victory when the state House voted it through that day–the bill would criminalize Arizona’s 460,000 unauthorized immigrants for trespassing on Arizona soil, turn local police authorities into immigration enforcers, and make lawbreakers out of U.S. citizens who invite immigrants they know to be “illegal aliens” to dinner in their homes, drive them to church, host them as overnight guests, teach them in school, or otherwise “harbor” them.

The bill prohibits day laborers from seeking work on Arizona sidewalks and other public places, and allows Arizona citizens to sue local police agencies whom they deem ineffective in sending all those hotel maids and dishwashers back to Mexico. [ READ MORE ] [ DEMYSTIFYING IMMIGRATION ]

Racist Anti-Immigrant Goon Tom Tancredo Interviewed By Ed Shultz

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RACIST Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio explains why he’s giving Arizona’s new immigration law his full support

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Fox asks if AZ’s “tough” immigration bill is “a model for America“

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