SB 1070 deconstructed
I received an email from a friend, or perhaps a lost friend, over my most recent post. I urge you to read it in full because it represents a viewpoint widely held by suburban Anglos. Here it is:
Jon: check your facts. Russell Pearce was the
sponsor of SB 1070. Most of the text for SB 1070 was written by Kris
Kobach, a law professor and important figurehead with the Federation of American
Immigration Reform. Russell Pearce was not voted out of office by the
Mormons. He was voted out of office by the Hispanics who know he
sponsored SB 1070. SB 1070 was written after James Krentz, a rancher
in southern Arizona was killed on his own ranch by illegals.All of the Arizonans I know are not against immigration. They
are against illegal immigration. Big difference. As you know I grew up in South America, specifically Venezuela, Brazil, and Argentina. I did not come back to the States until I was a teenager and I can report first hand that immigration laws in all of the other countries I have been in are very tough compared to the U.S.
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