Not in my state: Anti-immigration law doesn't reflect the beliefs of Arizona's people

The Mayor of Phoenix has written a good piece, telling how most of the people in Arizona feel about this new law. - - Donna Poisl

By Phil Gordon

PHOENIX
As an immigration bill that nationally embarrasses Arizona becomes bad law, our best hope in my hometown is that the rest of America doesn't do to Arizona what Senate Bill 1070 requires our police officers to do to people with brown skin: "profile" them based on stereotypes and insufficient information.

Arizona is not a state seething with hatred, eager to trample the civil rights of residents in haphazard pursuit of illegal immigrants. Nor are most Arizonans bigots eager to drag our state back to the 1980s, when Gov. Evan Mecham's absurd behavior made our home a national laughingstock.
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