Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Friday signed the toughest law against illegal immigration in the country, shrugging aside warnings from religious and civil rights leaders — and President Obama — that it would lead to widespread racial profiling.
Hours after Obama denounced the measure as "misguided," Brewer held a signing ceremony for the bill, which makes it a crime to be in the state illegally and requires police to check suspects for immigration paperwork.
Obama signaled that a legal showdown might be possible and that his administration would "examine the civil rights and other implications" of the law. Department of Justice officials said they "were reviewing the bill" but declined to discuss the legislation further. Immigrant rights groups have vowed a court fight, arguing that regulating immigration is a federal matter.
Brewer, at an afternoon news conference in Phoenix, cast the law in terms of public safety, saying, "We cannot sacrifice our safety to the murderous greed of drug cartels." Brewer said she would order the state police training agency to form guidelines to train officers and protect against racial profiling.
Brewer spent as much time during her remarks talking about diversity and the need to avoid racial profiling as she did about fighting crime and protecting Arizona from illegal immigration. "People across America are watching Arizona, seeing how we implement this law, ready to jump on the slightest misstep," she said.
Damn right people are upset about this new law. I am one of those people who think this law is a huge mistake. I believe by accepting such a law it will turn America backwards. This law can not be enforced with out some type of racial profiling. If a person speaks Spanish are the cops going to ask for their green cards? What about if they are Muslim and they wear different clothing because of their beliefs. Will the Cops pull them aside and say “Hey show me your green card” This law upsets me so much I am shaking. It is absolutely terrible. God forbid if you are not white, or if you have a different skin tone then those around you. This law is sickening. It is wrong, and it is unconstitutional. The only way this law will be enforced is by racial profiling when the governor said she doesn’t permit it, how the hell does she think this law is going to be pulled off? How many rights will be destroyed? This is like a stone being thrown in a pond it creates ripples. The ripples start off small then if you notice they get bigger and bigger that will happen in the United States because of the law. Are the American people really ready for all the problems this law will open up? I am not in fact it scares me.










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