The Legal Battle Begins Against SB 1070

“As was true then, the criminalization of an entire race, and fear driven by economic insecurity, make for bad public policy,” Su said. “The Japanese in Arizona who remember what it was like to be imprisoned in the state’s internment camps can tell you that race-baiting and racial profiling are not only un-American, they make us less safe, not more safe … Not only does the state have no authority to pass its’ own immigration law, but the Asian community knows well that racism and scapegoating lead only to laws that destroy our cohesion as a nation.”

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