2010年04月26日
月曜夜９時：ディスカッション
Discussion Time
Monday, 5 AM SL time, meet with me in the chat ring to discuss the new immigration law in Arizona, USA.
We will talk about the government in the US and Arizona and what you think about this new law.
Please read the article below. Also available in a notecard from the group notice.
See you there!
Feronymous
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Monday, 5 AM SL time, meet with me in the chat ring to discuss the new immigration law in Arizona, USA.
We will talk about the government in the US and Arizona and what you think about this new law.
Please read the article below. Also available in a notecard from the group notice.
See you there!
Feronymous
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Vocabulary:
be controversial
a measure
be persistent
Hispanic
to sanction
be contentious
to undermine
By Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY
Arizona's controversial immigration law was the target of fresh attacks Sunday as opponents vowed to take their fight to the courts this week.
Phil Gordon, the mayor of Phoenix, joined some federal lawmakers and about 3,500 protesters Sunday at the Arizona Capitol, assailing the measure signed Friday by Governor Jan Brewer as "racist and unjust".
"This is dividing our city and our state; it's tearing us apart," said Gordon, who will seek City Council approval Tuesday to file a lawsuit against the state to block the law.
Joe Arpaio, a popular sheriff, said the law provides another tool for officers to counter persistent illegal immigration. Arpaio said he intends to enforce the new law. "I will not back down," said Arpaio who is considering a run for governor. "We've got plenty of room (at the jail). I'll make room, if I have to."
In New York, civil rights activist Al Sharpton and Lillian Rodríguez López, president of the Hispanic Federation, announced they would go to federal court this week to challenge the law, which Sharpton said effectively sanctions racial profiling.
The most divisive aspect of the law requires local law enforcement officials to "determine the immigration status of a person during any legitimate contact made by an official or agency of the state … if reasonable suspicion exists that the person is an alien who is unlawfully present in the U.S."
"The only way you enforce this law is by racial profiling," Sharpton said.
If legal attempts to block the legislation fail before the law takes effect, Sharpton said he'll lead protesters into the state for civil disobedience.
The new Arizona law has been particularly contentious within the national and local law enforcement community.
San Jose Police Chief Robert Davis, president of the national Police Chiefs Association, said the group stands by its 2006 policy that "immigration enforcement by local police would likely undermine the level of trust and cooperation between local police and immigrant communities."
Vocabulary:
be controversial
a measure
be persistent
Hispanic
to sanction
be contentious
to undermine
By Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY
Arizona's controversial immigration law was the target of fresh attacks Sunday as opponents vowed to take their fight to the courts this week.
Phil Gordon, the mayor of Phoenix, joined some federal lawmakers and about 3,500 protesters Sunday at the Arizona Capitol, assailing the measure signed Friday by Governor Jan Brewer as "racist and unjust".
"This is dividing our city and our state; it's tearing us apart," said Gordon, who will seek City Council approval Tuesday to file a lawsuit against the state to block the law.
Joe Arpaio, a popular sheriff, said the law provides another tool for officers to counter persistent illegal immigration. Arpaio said he intends to enforce the new law. "I will not back down," said Arpaio who is considering a run for governor. "We've got plenty of room (at the jail). I'll make room, if I have to."
In New York, civil rights activist Al Sharpton and Lillian Rodríguez López, president of the Hispanic Federation, announced they would go to federal court this week to challenge the law, which Sharpton said effectively sanctions racial profiling.
The most divisive aspect of the law requires local law enforcement officials to "determine the immigration status of a person during any legitimate contact made by an official or agency of the state … if reasonable suspicion exists that the person is an alien who is unlawfully present in the U.S."
"The only way you enforce this law is by racial profiling," Sharpton said.
If legal attempts to block the legislation fail before the law takes effect, Sharpton said he'll lead protesters into the state for civil disobedience.
The new Arizona law has been particularly contentious within the national and local law enforcement community.
San Jose Police Chief Robert Davis, president of the national Police Chiefs Association, said the group stands by its 2006 policy that "immigration enforcement by local police would likely undermine the level of trust and cooperation between local police and immigrant communities."
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