Is AZ immigration law ‘misguided’?
Arizona’s controversial new immigration law is drawing ire near and far — including from protesters in Phoenix, Jewish and Hispanic groups, and the leader of the country’s largest Catholic archdiocese — but to Republicans in Minnesota’s 42nd District, it’s a laughing matter. A poll on the GOP’s SD42 website asks whether visitors agree with President Obama that the new law is “misguided.” Ten percent of respondents so far answered, “Si, señor!” while 90 percent replied, “No way, José!” The measure, signed into law by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Friday, encourages law enforcement to check the immigration status of people suspected of being in the country illegally. “Even legal immigrants, in a move that harks back to fascist Europe, would be required to carry their papers at all times or risk arrest,” wrote the Los Angeles Times in an editorial. The law has been slammed by Jewish groups, and by Cardinal Roger Mahony of the Catholic archdiocese of Los Angeles, who said it encourages Arizon
