More than 800 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were involved in raids this weekend in South Tucson, a lively and mostly latin@ (latino/latina) neighborhood where I go to church and work with a lot of schools. Some were wearing ski masks. The mission was targeted at criminals involved in human smuggling, but many nearby people were taken up as "collateral damage" for not being able to produce documents. Arizona is taking on the trappings of a police state, and this will only continue with the recent passage of a law legitimizing racial profiling.
SB 1070 would give police officers the authority to determine migrant status based on "reasonable suspicion." Do you know how to determine someone's citizenship? Do you know the categories of citizenship and what documents support those categories? Could you correctly uphold such a directive?
Please, help me fight against the fear and hatred of this bill by telling Arizona Governor Jan Brewer to veto it. If you want to hear more details about why I am against it and what I think would be the results, let me know and I will be happy to share more about this.
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