Posted on 05/13/2010 8:14:56 AM PDT by Fred
Nogales, Arizona's largest city on the Mexican border, is situated about 70 miles south of Tucson, along a desert valley spotted with Spanish-era missions. Home to 20,000 people, 97 percent of whom are Hispanic, one would expect the city to be ground zero for impassioned demonstrations against SB 1070, the controversial immigration-enforcement law signed by Gov. Jan Brewer three weeks ago. But for the largely immigrant community here, the prevailing sentiment is one of resignation -- and fear for those relatives and friends who are here illegally.
"My friends and I used to go out to eat on Sundays, but now you're afraid of just going out on the street," says Maria, an undocumented immigrant who has worked as a housekeeper for over 20 years. (Maria asked her name be changed to protect her identity.) "But that's the law here, what's there to do?"
Critics claim that the SB 1070 -- which criminalizes undocumented presence in the state and requires police to question those suspected of being here illegally -- will lead to racial profiling of anyone who looks Hispanic. The law has been denounced by civil-rights activists across the country. Opposition has been mounting within the state as well: the Tucson and Flagstaff city councils recently pledged to sue over the new law and various businesses have expressed concerns that a boycott will affect tourism.
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2. Hispanics in AZ have traditionally had the lowest rate of turnout of any voters in the state (lower than that of American Indians).
3. Many AZ-born Hispanics are either for the measure, or on the fence (pun intended) about it.
It should be pointed out, however, that Hispanic children comprise the majority of public school students in Arizona (I believe the same is true for Nevada).
Rev Manning has hit the nail on the head with this.....http://la-gun.com/manning/
It's the same here in Phoenix. There are Americans of hispanic heritage who have lost their businesses due to illegals. Many of them hate illegals with a passion.
Golly, makes you wonder how they feel about Mexico’s truely draconian laws.
This is nothing.
It is ALSO nothing that I do not have to do as an American Citizen. I am asked immediately to produce ID at a traffic stop. Why should brown skinned people get off easier than I do? What makes THEM so special? Their HERITAGE? Isn’t that RACIST??
Exactly.
To all illegal immigrants, LEAVE. Get here legally and you are welcome! Under any other circumstances, GET THE HELL OUT, you have no right to be here, in fact YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS AT ALL. Now GTFO.
The legal immigrants and those of Hispanic heritage are still PO'ed at the illegal immigrants. I work with both, and they cannot stand the flood into their neighborhoods with all the junk cars and trash.
That and loss of employment opportunities are the main reasons they are against the illegal immigration. They fully support the AZ law and would love to see Texas do the same.
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How did such a draconian anti-immigration bill pass in a state
where the pop. is 30% Hispanic?
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Legal Americans of Hispanic origin aren’t monolithic.
Some don’t relish the idea of putting up with the criminal antics when
their relatives invade Arizona.
In other words, they have the smarts to know that when some illegals arrive:
“there goes the neighborhood”.
I believe that is true of Hispanic immigrants in general. They are definitely impacted by the illegals and not happy about it. Some of the 30% quoted in this article would line up with the bold Governor.
In Germany, you could be an immigrant. Or an immigrant’s grandson. You still cannot vote.
I like that.
Nogales has turned into a pit. It was bad 20 years ago and is far worse now.
The writer is saying that in a couple decades we could be like California and that is something to strive for? California is a mess in the illegal immigrant areas; crime ridden and filthy. That’s something to be proud of. /s
Maybe... just maybe... some of the LEGAL Hispanics, who work hard and follow the rules to become citizens, actually LIKE the idea of keeping border jumpers out.
The big difference between CA and AZ is that, in addition to the illegal alien problem, native-born Cali voters tend to have the something for nothing mentality (ie in love with extensive services and state jobs, but voting against the taxes to pay for them). It’s basically New Jersey on steroids with a much bigger illegal alien problem.
Freelance pharmacist->drug dealer.
She has been here for 20 years & she still hasn’t attempted to become legal?
So much for Rleanor Clift’s statement on this topic.
She has been here for 20 years & she still hasn’t attempted to become legal?
So much for Eleanor Clift’s statement on this topic.
(3) Illegal immigrants can’t vote. “”
That little fact didn’t stop ACORN in Las Vegas during rhe run up to the Nov 2008 elections.
It’s not an “anti-immigration” bill, it’s an anti ILLEGAL immigration bill.
But if they filled out a census form, they are counted. (There was nothing requiring the respondent to be an American Citizen, nor did the Census Bureau ask!)
I'm from a State with only one Representative in the House, and with a low population of illegals, and I'm mad that we'll be even less represented (proportionally speaking) in D.C. than the puke we have in there now.
Is Gabriel that clueless that he doesn’t know what kinds of restrictions Mexico places on immigrants?
Ping!
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