Latino politics and Arizona's Immigration Law SB 1070 /

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Imprint:New York, NY : Springer, c2013.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:Immigrants and Minorities, Politics and Policy
Immigrants and minorities, politics and policy.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9850444
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Other authors / contributors:Magaña, Lisa.
Lee, Erik.
ISBN:9781461402961 (electronic bk.)
1461402964 (electronic bk.)
9781461402954
1461402956
9781461402954
Notes:Includes index.
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Summary:Arizona has one of the fastest growing communities of Latino immigrants in the United States. In response to accusations that the Federal government was hampering the immigration enforcement actions of Arizona police, state Senator Russell Pearce introduced the ""Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act."" Better known as SB 1070, the policy allows police officers in Arizona to arrest unauthorized immigrants under the state's trespassing law. The law also gives officers the latitude to question and detain those that may appear suspicious, which may simply mean that they appear La