Racial profiling

While reading my classmate’s blogs, I found one that caught my attention. The blog is by Shannon, and she talks about the new Arizona law SB1070. The reason why I choose to comment on this blog is because I’m also against this anti -immigrant law. What first caught my attention is when she says, “ My mom and oldest brother came here 34 years ago and have lived here legally since then. My mom has a very strong accent and would most have her citizenship taken in question.” I like this line because, like Shannon, my family has been here for almost 15 years, and they came legally, but many of them have strong accents, and if they went to Arizona, they probably would be detained because of their accents and skin color. Shannon in her blog also talks about how many areas of the United States rely on the businesses of tourists and foreign business and now that Arizona has implemented the SB1070 law, it could lead to great economy loss on their as a state. I think that if Arizona continues implementing anti- immigrant laws, this state could end up losing not just money but many of its hard- working immigrants.

Arizona SB1070 Law

While surfing the internet, I found an interesting article in The Chronicle of Higher Education that talks about the fear that the University Arizona has now that Arizona passed the SB1070 law. This law makes it a crime to be present in the state of Arizona without proper legal status. Under this law which will take into effect in approximately three months from now, police officers will be given the freedom to stop anyone who looks “illegal” and ask them for their documents. What makes the University of Arizona afraid is that campus police officers would have to do the same thing on campus, and it could turn into racial profiling. I think that Arizona has gone too far on with this law. I’m a legal immigrant, and I probably look illegal because of my ethnicity. Every morning when I wake up, I think that I’m in a free country, but the reality is that if I go to Arizona or attend the University of Arizona I would be stopped both outside and inside campus. Many people say that Arizona is doing this to protect its border and its people, but you should really start thinking and ask yourself who are the people that make Arizona. The majority of the population in Arizona consists of legal and illegal immigrants. I understand that they want to protect their border, but what I do not like is that the only people they're looking for are people who look Hispanic.