The few responses appended to the article seem to reflect some of the sentiments on the ground. That's scary.
Anthony On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > from SLATE: > >Arizona Immigration Law Is Reminder of Past Sweeps > > > If Latinos in Arizona are more than just a little nervous about Arizona's > new immigration law, it's likely because they remember history all too well, > notes the Los Angeles Times. In mid-1997, the Phoenix suburb of Chandler was > the scene of a huge sweep to find, and deport, illegal immigrants. Officers > began following people, demanding to see proof of citizenship in the middle > of the street, often targeting those who looked Mexican or were speaking > Spanish. In the end, authorities ended up detaining dozens of citizens and > legal residents and the state attorney general said officials had engaged in > racial profiling. It was hardly the first time something like this happened. > As many as 60 percent of the more than a million people who were deported in > operations across the United States in the 1930s were U.S. citizens. But > it's the memory of what happened in Chandler that makes many in Arizona > fearful that history is bound to repeat itself when the new law takes effect > July 29. > > > > Read original story in Los Angeles Times [ > http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-chandler-20100606,0,2415717.story] > | Sunday, June 6, 2010 < > > > > -- > Jim Devine > "Those who take the most from the table > Teach contentment. > Those for whom the taxes are destined > Demand sacrifice. > Those who eat their fill speak to the hungry > of wonderful times to come. > Those who lead the country into the abyss > Call ruling too difficult > For ordinary folk." – Bertolt Brecht. > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Anthony P. D'Costa Professor of Indian Studies and Research Director Asia Research Centre Copenhagen Business School Porcelænshaven 22, 3 DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Ph: +45 3815 2572 Fax: +45 3815 2500 http://uk.cbs.dk/arc www.cbs.dk/india http://www.thisismodernindia.com/this_is_modern_india_about_us.html xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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