Arizona and Their Problems

It is decided that Arizona's new immigration law in which police are required, while enforcing other laws, to question a person's immigration status if officers have a reasonable suspicion that the person is in the country illegally" will take effect by late July unless blocked by the courts. This decision has inevitably affected relations between Governors of US states and Mexican states along with dispute between US Governors. Due to the new immigration enforcement law, the meeting between US and Mexican border governors concerning a lawsuit against the Arizona law was moved from the scheduled location of Phoenix, Arizona to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Mexican governors were the primary reason the location was changed. They threatened to boycott the meeting claiming that the law "violated civil rights". Along with unsettled waters of the law, two US border states, Texas and Arizona, refused to attend the meeting stating that they would gladly attend and welcome the governors to attend the conference if it was in Arizona as was previously planned. It is evident that the choice to attend the meeting goes deeper than just who's turn is it to host the guests (governors in this case). Texas' choice to sit out with Arizona does not mean that the working relationship Perry has with the other border governors is negatively affected, he "still intend to have a working relationship with all border governments".

This article encompasses the effect the law has on the "feelings" of certain people; That although all officers/law enforcement has the right to request proof of citizenship or papers of anyone who is found suspicious, it is suddenly a "violation of rights" to put this right into effect as a solution to the illegal alien issue. It is more an issue of racial profiling, and I believe the reason for the hostility and request to move the conference and other effects is that there is a fear that law enforcement will abuse their power. Read this article and others concerning the immigration law in Arizona, it will definitely educate you on the complexity and difficulty of enforcing the rights law enforcement is already entitled to.