Thousands of people from California are heading to AZ to protest immigration bill

[SO explorer]

PHOENIX - The border battle is heating up, especially with Senate Bill 1070 still on Gov. Brewer's desk. And now several thousand people from California are heading here to protest the bill.

Meantime, there were cheers Wednesday outside the 4th Avenue jail as nine people were released on bail. They chained themselves to the front doors of the Arizona State Capitol, hoping their message would reach Governor Jan Brewer.

The group, mostly college students, are against that a tough immigration bill that just passed through the state legislature.

Now, the group says the fight isn't over.

The bill is awaiting Governor Brewer's signature and it would give Arizona some of the toughest immigration laws in the country and that's what has groups like this one upset.


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Statements from the group:

"We're not going to take this. This is like dehumanizing. That's the message that we want to send is that we're that we're doing anything crazy, we're trying to stop something crazy from happening."


"Every government agency is gonna be combined now with immigration and that's just facilitating massive, massive..blunt racial profiling and racist propaganda."

"Don't let fear hold you back anymore. Arizona right now is ground zero for all this suppressive fearful..fearful environment that we live through right now..this has never been done before on this level in the state of Arizona."


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The demonstrators want Governor Brewer to veto Senate Bill 1070. It would make it a crime to be an illegal alien in Arizona. It also allows all law enforcement agencies to inquire about a person's legal status.

The protestors are asking everyone who is against the bill to join their cause.

There are concerns that if the bill becomes law, businesses and others might boycott Arizona. But the State Senator behind this bill, Russell Pearce, says it will allow police to go after illegal immigrants and will free up jobs in Arizona for legal citizens.

Governor Brewer has until Saturday night to sign it, veto it or leave it unsigned and allow it to automatically become law.

[retdetsgt]

There are concerns that if the bill becomes law, businesses and others might boycott Arizona.

I don't think anyone will lose any sleep over that concern.....

Without a cooperative federal government though, I suspect the law will end up being more symbolic than anything else.

[Sgt. Slaughter]

I hope she signs it.

[Cat_Doc]

Ha, I think we should be checking the documents of the California people trying to cross the border into Arizona.

[manahmanah]

Ha, I think we should be checking the documents of the California people trying to cross the border into Arizona.

I agree, let them cross, then line up a bunch of border patrol vans when they wanna come back to CA.

[retdetsgt]

I've always wondered where these people get their money? Obviously, none have jobs or they wouldn't have time for all this.

[cntryboy0531]

If their quote's were taken word for word, they either suffer from a debilitating meth habit, or didn't graduate 3rd grade english when sentence structure was taught.

[SO explorer]

She signed it! and that's after the great and powerful obama came out and called it "misguided"

[SO explorer]

If their quote's were taken word for word, they either suffer from a debilitating meth habit, or didn't graduate 3rd grade english when sentence structure was taught.

My guess is some of both

[Rlong1985]

California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas have had real problems with illegal aliens. The negative effects on the environment from human waste and trash left in the desert from thousands of aliens moving across the border is mounting and the federal government has largely decided to ignore the foot traffic. Our border patrol is largely ineffective allowing both migrant workers into the country and drug runners from Mexico; the Mexican Federal Police have chosen to ignore and cannot be relied upon to do any boarder enforcement. Improper immigration procedures can result in health risk, increased crime, and strain on state/federal support services. Without enforcement the problem is only going to get worse and this law is a symbolic effort from the state agency to draw federal attention to the issue which it has been successful.

[Trip]

I love how Holder goes after AZ "for undermining the feds" but dozens of sanctuary cities have been doing it daily for years....I live near one of them in Tacoma MD..... such idiots

[Norm357]

Holder needs to be nightsticked,

[Trip]

Holder needs to be nightsticked,

Are you volunteeting, bud ?

[Norm357]

Are you volunteeting, bud ?

If I was would that be considered a threat to the USAG? Is that a crime?

[Samuel]

Holder needs to be nightsticked,

Norm For Pres-O-Dent!