Arizona’s Governor, Jan Brewer, Republican, who we’ve outlined here before as having radical ideas about merging government and religion, has done it again. She’s signed into law the controversial immigration bill in here state which will do the following:
Police may detain people they "reasonably suspect" are in the country without authorization. Police can charge immigrants for a crime if they are not carrying their citizenship documents with them. It allows residents to sue cities if they believe the law is not being enforced to their liking.
Brewer signed the bill, despite the fact that her office received over 15,000 calls and letters, 85% of which were opposed to the bill. U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva supposedly closed his office at Noon today after receiving threatening calls. Grijalva has been very public in his opposition to the bill, even suggesting economic sanctions against his home state, and telling groups with pending events in Arizona to take them elsewhere if they too are opposed to the legislation.
The Obama administration is investigating the law, to see whether it’s constitutional.
