"The new Arizona law has been considered as the United States' toughest immigration measure in generations".
On the PRO side, supporters believe this will control the entry of the thousands of undocumented Mexican workers to this state that, because of being in the border, acts as an illegal immigration magnet. They agree with the bill, for the reason they consider illegal people as synonyms of lower wages, deliquency, more demand for social services, etc.
However, it is a fact there has been a strong RESISTANCE toward the law as opponents have called it an act of discrimination against Hispanics (all of them, no matter their citizenship status), because " this criminalizes undocumented and turns dishwashers, janitors, landscapers and our neighbors into criminals".
Retrieved from: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1982268,00.html
Also, they have catalogued it as racial and ethnic profiling, since this law gives a right to the police for demanding identification or a driver's valid license to those they think or suspect are remaining in the state illegaly, based in Mexican appearance.
Even president Obama said: "it threatened to undermine basic notions of fairness"
Retrieved from: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/us/politics/24immig.htm
In my opinion, this is a very radical measure for trying to stop Mexicans' migration, for the fact that this families should daily live with the worry of being captured at any moment, so it goes against human and if they abandoned the place where they were born in was for the reason they were looking for a wider range of opportunities and a better quality of life.
I found a very good video about the controversy SB1070 has caused, here is the link for you to watch it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbrpRI3Jb1E&feature=player_embedded
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