1. Arizona Senate Bill 1070

2. Provisions
-Requires a reasonable attempt to be made to determine the immigration status of a person during any legitimate contact made by an official or agency of the state or a county, city, town or political subdivision if reasonable suspicion exists that the person is an alien who is unlawfully present in the U.S
-Allows a law enforcement officer, without a warrant, to arrest a person if the officer has probable cause to believe that the person has committed any public offense that makes the person removable from the U.S
-Requires the person’s immigration status to be verified with the federal government pursuant to federal law.

3. Senator Pearce(bill sponsor)
WHY IT WAS IMPLEMENTED
-Illegal aliens place an extreme economic burden on schools and medical care; costing tax payers millions of dollars.
-Presumed loss of jobs
Senator Pearce(bill sponsor)
-Estimated 500,000 illegal aliens in Arizona and their alleged ties to crime

4. -Statistical studies state that the highest increases in immigration was between 1999 and 2000
-Interestingly, during this same period there was also the largest drop in homicides and robberies
-Racial profiling

5. -KEY DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
ALTERNATIVES
-KEY DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
-STRICTER PENALTIES TO THOSE WHO EMPLOY ILLEGAL ALIENS
CREATION OF A FRUAD-PROOF SOCIAL SECURITY CARD
-President Obama

6. References
Small, J. (2011) Immigration Frustration
State Legislators Vol. 37 Issue 3, p20-21, 2p (online)
Available:
Reynolds, S. (2010). Tell Arizona’s Governor to Veto SB1070!
Human Rights Now (online)
Available: (April 6th, 2011)