Arizona Immigration Law Thesis
A Research Paper on Arizona Immigration Law
The Arizona Immigration Law is unconstitutional!
ENC 1102 6:00-9:20p
Professor William Luse
June 3, 2010
Background and Thesis:
As many people may know, the United States of America is the home of the brave and land of the free. For the past hundred years immigrants have come from the gulfs and the shores of the United States looking for a new life. Many of these immigrants come from impoverished countries, with little or no money, with the dreams and desires of escaping their dire circumstances. Willing to leave everything they’ve known for a better life in America. Recently a new immigration law SB1070 (section 287g) was passed in the state of Arizona that directs police officers to …show more content…
residents or citizens. Having this Arizona law go into effect will bring about much riots and controversies. Arizona’s new immigration law may have been aimed at deporting as many illegal immigrants as possible, but an ironic side effect will allow more undocumented residents to apply for temporary work visas and permanent U.S. citizenship, according to research by the Arizona Capitol Times (Jim Small). When this law goes into effect in late July it will bring about racial profiling and wrongfully accusing innocent citizens. How would it make you feel if you were pulled over by a police officer for a bogus reason and later asked to prove your residency because you looked like an immigrant? Yet you’re a U.S. born citizen and been living in your state for years it would offend you and make you feel livid because you were racially profiled. The law has to be vetoed by the government to avoid many lawsuits and the discriminatory of the U.S. citizens. President Obama himself said that having this law will bring about controversy and hurting innocent Latino families (Archibold). According to the New York Times, "The country needs to confront the issue, to lift the fear that pervades immigrant communities, to better harness the energy of immigrant workers, to protect American workers from off-the-books competition. What's been happening as the endless wait for reform drags on has been ugly." Recently in one of the suits filed, a Tucson police officer, Martin Escobar, 45, a 15-year veteran, claims the law , which requires officers "when practicable" to stop and check the legal status of people they reasonably suspect may be illegal immigrants, would compel him to racially profile (Archibold). Mr. Escobar argues that the law does not specify what criteria
The Arizona Immigration Law is unconstitutional!
ENC 1102 6:00-9:20p
Professor William Luse
June 3, 2010
Background and Thesis:
As many people may know, the United States of America is the home of the brave and land of the free. For the past hundred years immigrants have come from the gulfs and the shores of the United States looking for a new life. Many of these immigrants come from impoverished countries, with little or no money, with the dreams and desires of escaping their dire circumstances. Willing to leave everything they’ve known for a better life in America. Recently a new immigration law SB1070 (section 287g) was passed in the state of Arizona that directs police officers to …show more content…
residents or citizens. Having this Arizona law go into effect will bring about much riots and controversies. Arizona’s new immigration law may have been aimed at deporting as many illegal immigrants as possible, but an ironic side effect will allow more undocumented residents to apply for temporary work visas and permanent U.S. citizenship, according to research by the Arizona Capitol Times (Jim Small). When this law goes into effect in late July it will bring about racial profiling and wrongfully accusing innocent citizens. How would it make you feel if you were pulled over by a police officer for a bogus reason and later asked to prove your residency because you looked like an immigrant? Yet you’re a U.S. born citizen and been living in your state for years it would offend you and make you feel livid because you were racially profiled. The law has to be vetoed by the government to avoid many lawsuits and the discriminatory of the U.S. citizens. President Obama himself said that having this law will bring about controversy and hurting innocent Latino families (Archibold). According to the New York Times, "The country needs to confront the issue, to lift the fear that pervades immigrant communities, to better harness the energy of immigrant workers, to protect American workers from off-the-books competition. What's been happening as the endless wait for reform drags on has been ugly." Recently in one of the suits filed, a Tucson police officer, Martin Escobar, 45, a 15-year veteran, claims the law , which requires officers "when practicable" to stop and check the legal status of people they reasonably suspect may be illegal immigrants, would compel him to racially profile (Archibold). Mr. Escobar argues that the law does not specify what criteria