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Chilling New Arizona Law Could Be Signed As Early As Monday. Please Take Action Today!

An appalling bill with chilling repercussions, especially for Arizona Latinos, can reach AZ Governor Jan Brewer’s® desk as early as Monday.

According to a Los Angeles Times front page story, “The bill, known as SB 1070, makes it a misdemeanor to lack proper immigration paperwork in Arizona. It also requires police officers, if they form a ‘reasonable suspicion’ that someone is an illegal immigrant, to determine the person’s immigration status…Immigrant rights groups say it amounts to a police state.” Alessandra Soler Meetze, president of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, said, "A lot of U.S. citizens are going to be swept up in the application of this law for something as simple as having an accent and leaving their wallet at home.”

This means that anyone, even you, who walks in Arizona can be charged with a misdemeanor if you’re not carrying identification to prove you are a legal resident.

The bill has just passed the Arizona House and could be on the governor’s desk by Friday. Please send contact Gov. Brewer today and tell her not to sign the bill into law.

OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO

1. AZ Gov Brewer has not responded to any of the tweets that have been sent to her asking her to veto SB 1070. However, she is tweeting on other stuff and she just tweeted, Don’t forget to sign up to be a fan on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/GovJanBrewer. So, join her fan page and leave a wall message asking her to “say NO to racial profiling by vetoing this bill!”

2. Call the Governor’s office at: 1800-253-0883 or 602-542-4331.

3. TAKE ACTION. The UFW has an action alert up on this that sends a fax to the gov asking her to veto this bill at http://action.ufw.org/az410

More at: http://action.ufw.org/page/speakout/az410