#sb1070

[carlosbarberena]

“War is Peace”

Linocut on Rives paper. Circa 2010

[justinspoliticalcorner]

The bill echoes an Arizona state law struck down in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Esther Yu Hsi Lee at ThinkProgress:

In 2010, when Arizona passed S.B. 1070 — an anti-immigrant bill requiring police officers to ask that suspected undocumented immigrants provide documents proving their legal status — the state faced a million-dollar public opinion backlash, as major businesses pulled out of events and conventions in the state. Arizona suffered a deep decline in GDP, employment levels in the construction industry have not completely recovered.

Now, Texas is set to follow suit. On Thursday, the Texas State House passed SB4, an anti-immigrant piece of legislation that would crack down on so-called sanctuary jurisdictions and penalize local law enforcement agents who don’t turn over suspected undocumented immigrants to federal authorities.

The 93–54 vote on the bill, which fell along party lines and came at 3 a.m. early Thursday morning, includes a controversial amendment authorizing local law enforcement agents — including sheriffs, state troopers, and other peace officers — to ask about the immigration status of people they detain during arrests. The bill also makes it a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by $1,000 fine or prison for up to one year for the first offense, for law enforcement officials to not honor federal detainer requests. These requests oblige officials to keep immigrants in local custody until federal officials can pick them up for potential deportation proceedings. Subsequent offenses can result in fines up to $25,500.

Initially passed in the Senate, the revised bill again goes to the Senate before it heads to Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) desk. He is expected to sign the bill.

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Advocates also pointed out that Texas’ 1.5 million undocumented immigrants have made direct and indirect contributions to the state’s economy. They have contributed $1.5 billion in local and state taxes, for example.

And as in Arizona, many immigrants work in the construction and restaurant sectors. So if they flee Texas because of restrictionist laws, the state economy may suffer as a result.

Texas SB4, a SB1070 clone, does essentially the same thing: deputize police as immigration agents and features a host of other racist and xenophobic anti-immigrant nonsense.

[diegonacho]

"Who's the (illegal) now"

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[dailydisturbance]

Protesters march on SB 1070 signing anniversary

Dozens of demonstrators march to mark the fifth anniversary of Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's decision to sign a controversial anti-immigration bill.

Your Daily Disturbance for April 23, 2015

[thinkmexican]

¡No somos ilegales, no somos criminales, somos trabajadores de Pueblos Originales! ✊

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"Who's the ilegal now?" #SB1070 ______________________________ #ilegal #illegalimmigrant #immigration #nativeamerican #mural #art #streetart #streetartphoenix #phoenixstreetart #phoenix #arizona #impermanentart #ontour (at Calle 16: Mural Project)

[truthliferevolution-blog]

Part of Controversial SB1070 Law struck down.

A federal judge has struck down parts of the controversial Arizona SB 1070 Law. The law, enacted in 2005, was struck down on Friday. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton stated that the law was “preempted” by the U.S. government authority to enforce immigration laws. The law, first designed to prosecute those who trafficked people into the country was modified, expanding the ability of local authorities to stop people suspected of being in the US illegally. Bolton stated that the state law “imposes additional and different state penalties than federal law.”

  [From altoarizona.com]

  She also stated that the law criminalizes conduct that was not covered by federal law, and does not have a safe harbor exemption for religious activities.  This adds to another decision by the 9th Circuit court of Appeals, where another law was struck down that made it a crime to harbor, transport or conceal immigrants in the country illegally. Parts of SB1070 were rejected by the Supreme Court in 2012.  Joe Arpaio, one of the most well known supporters of the bill was found to have violated constitutional rights of Latinos in 2013 during traffic stops and immigration raids.

Any thoughts on its modification? Let us know in the comments.