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地處西南的亞利桑納州日前通過全美國最嚴厲的反移民措施，在黨內初選面臨苦戰
的珍．布魯爾州長（Jan Brewer，共和黨）無視歐巴馬總統評論與民眾反對，簽署
該法案使其成為正式法律；該法規定，無隨身攜帶或者出示合法移民文件者將被認
定為觸犯輕罪、州警將獲得授權逮捕被懷疑為非法移民者並進行身份查證、若執法
人員疏於執行則民眾有權投訴。這項法案獲得亞利桑那州聯邦參議員約翰．馬侃與
瓊．凱爾（均為共和黨）的支持，兩者並主張派遣國民兵巡邏邊境；前者曾與已過
世的甘迺迪參議員在2005年時提出最後功敗垂成的移民改革，但在今年的黨內初選
同樣面臨右傾人士的有力挑戰。
不只亞利桑那州內的拉丁裔社群對此表達強烈反對，批評人士認為這項法案將會造
成選擇性執法、侵害公民自由與種族歧視，提案的州參議員聲稱這是因為華府的不
做為讓他們不得不以此方式打擊亞利桑那州越來越惡劣的治安狀況。
歐巴馬總統在致電麻塞朱賽州聯邦參議員布朗（共和黨）的時候表示將在一個月內
向國會提出改革方案。
Ariz. governor signs immigration enforcement bill
By PAUL DAVENPORT and JONATHAN J. COOPER
The Associated Press
Friday, April 23, 2010; 10:40 PM
PHOENIX -- Gov. Jan Brewer ignored criticism from President Barack Obama on
Friday and signed into law a bill supporters said would take handcuffs off
police in dealing with illegal immigration in Arizona, the nation's busiest
gateway for human and drug smuggling from Mexico.
With hundreds of protesters outside the state Capitol shouting that the bill
would lead to civil rights abuses, Brewer said critics were "overreacting"
and that she wouldn't tolerate racial profiling.
"We in Arizona have been more than patient waiting for Washington to act,"
Brewer said after signing the law. "But decades of inaction and misguided
policy have created a dangerous and unacceptable situation."
Earlier Friday, Obama called the Arizona bill "misguided" and instructed the
Justice Department to examine it to see if it's legal. He also said the
federal government must enact immigration reform at the national level - or
leave the door open to "irresponsibility by others."
"That includes, for example, the recent efforts in Arizona, which threaten to
undermine basic notions of fairness that we cherish as Americans, as well as
the trust between police and their communities that is so crucial to keeping
us safe," Obama said.
The legislation, sent to the Republican governor by the GOP-led Legislature,
makes it a crime under state law to be in the country illegally. It also
requires local police officers to question people about their immigration
status if there is reason to suspect they are illegal immigrants; allows
lawsuits against government agencies that hinder enforcement of immigration
laws; and makes it illegal to hire illegal immigrants for day labor or
knowingly transport them.
The law sends "a clear message that Arizona is unfriendly to undocumented
aliens," said Peter Spiro, a Temple University law professor and author of
the book "Beyond Citizenship: American Identity After Globalization."
Brewer signed the bill in a state auditorium about a mile from the Capitol
complex where some 2,000 demonstrators booed when county Supervisor Mary Rose
Wilcox announced that "the governor did not listen to our prayers."
"It's going to change our lives," said Emilio Almodovar, a 13-year-old
American citizen from Phoenix. "We can't walk to school any more. We can't be
in the streets anymore without the pigs thinking we're illegal immigrants."
Protesters gathered in Miami Friday evening at the Freedom Tower, where
thousands of Cuban refugees were processed after fleeing the communist
revolution.
"A thousand people a day are being deported. A thousand families being
destroyed. And this comes at a very high moral and financial cost to this
nation," said Maria Rodriguez, executive director of the Florida Immigration
Coalition.
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund said it plans a legal
challenge to the law, arguing it "launches Arizona into a spiral of pervasive
fear, community distrust, increased crime and costly litigation, with
nationwide repercussions."
William Sanchez, president of the National Coalition of Latino Clergy and
Christian Leaders Legal Defense Fund, said his group is preparing a federal
lawsuit against Arizona to stop the law from being applied. The group
represents 30,000 Evangelical churches nationwide, including 300 Latino
pastors in Arizona.
"Millions of Latinos around the country are shocked," Sanchez said.
Mexico has warned the proposal could affect cross-border relations. On
Thursday, Mexico's Senate unanimously passed a resolution urging Brewer to
veto the law.
"Police in Arizona already treat migrants worse than animals," said Francisco
Loureiro, an activist who runs a migrant shelter in the border town of
Nogales, Mexico. "There is already a hunt for migrants, and now it will be
open season under the cover of a law."
Guatemalan Vice President Rafael Estrada said the law "is a step back for
those migrants who have fought" for their rights. Guatemala's Foreign
Relations Department decried the measure in a statement saying "it threatens
basic notions of justice."
The law will take effect in late July or early August, and Brewer ordered the
state's law enforcement licensing agency to develop a training course on how
to implement it without violating civil rights.
"We must enforce the law evenly, and without regard to skin color, accent, or
social status," she said. "We must prove the alarmists and the cynics wrong."
Brewer, who faces a tough election battle and growing anger in the state over
illegal immigrants, said the law "protects every Arizona citizen."
Anti-immigrant anger has swelled in the past month, after rancher Rob Krentz
was found dead on his land north of Douglas, near the Mexico border.
Authorities believe he was fatally shot by an illegal immigrant possibly
connected to a drug smuggling cartel.
Arizona has an estimated 460,000 illegal immigrants, and its harsh, remote
desert serves as the corridor for the majority of illegal immigrants and
drugs moving north into the U.S. from Mexico.
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, a Democrat, said he closed his Arizona offices at
noon Friday after his staff in Yuma and Tucson were flooded with calls, some
from people threatening violent acts and shouting racial slurs. He called on
businesses and groups looking for convention and meeting locations to boycott
Arizona.
The bill's Republican sponsor, state Rep. Russell Pearce of Mesa, said Obama
and other critics of the bill were "against law enforcement, our citizens and
the rule of law."
Pearce said the legislation would remove "political handcuffs" from police
and help drive illegal immigrants from the state.
"Illegal is illegal," said Pearce, a driving force on the issue in Arizona.
"We'll have less crime. We'll have lower taxes. We'll have safer
neighborhoods. We'll have shorter lines in the emergency rooms. We'll have
smaller classrooms."
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Associated Press writers Julie Pace in Washington, Olga R. Rodriguez in
Mexico City, Christine Armario in Miami and Angel Sas in Guatemala City
contributed to this report.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/23/
AR2010042301250_pf.html
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