The new Arizona immigration law is surrounded by a lot of controversy and has recieved a lot of backlash. Police Officer Martin H. Escobar has asked to be exempt from enforcing the law and has stated that there is no "race-neutral criteria or basis to suspect or identify who is lawfully in the United States". Escobar has sued the state of Arizona in a federal court.
Governor Jan Brewer signed the law on April 23, and the law allows police officers to ask anyone for proof of legal United States residency. According to Brewer the law does not support racial profiling, however according to Escobar, the law is aimed at Hispanics, and places Hispanics in the state of Arizona, in the risk of losing their constitutional rights. With the increasing rate of illegal immigrants and hate crimes aimed at Hispanics, many that oppose the law believe that the law will build a wall between Hispanics and non-Hispanics, and will increase prejudice against Hispanics who already are portrayed negatively in Arizona. The case as of now is only in a federal court, however some believe that it might make its way up to the Supreme Court.
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