Good news! Believe me, for pro-immigrant activists and people who support human rights, this is the kind of news we want and need to hear.
Federal Judge Sue Bolton of Phoenix Arizona has blocked key controversial items from going forward on July 29th: the date the controversial SB 1070 was to go into effect!
I won't go into all the details. You can read it in the link I will supply at the end of this post from the New York Times. I just want to say I am very proud to be an American today. I had a hard time believing that the judge would block SB 1070 because of all anti-immigrant hoopla being promoted in the media . Common sense and an allegiance to the principles in the Constitution apparently trumped hatred and fear.
For that I am grateful. Let's hope these principles stand firm in the midst of probable appeals.
2 comments:
I wouldn't celebrate just yet, especially with our current Supreme Court. I wouldn't be surprised if this works its way up to that level.
In general, I get the sense that the country is drifting back into the conservatives' favor.
I definitely hear what you are saying Paul. This country is heading towards a conservative mindset.
However, as the wife of a man who has been deemed deportable, hope and optimism are the only things that I have left.
Let's face it; the government can take just about everything else from me, including my health, my comfortable and relatively safe home in the United States and most importantly--they can take my husband from me, but they can never, ever take my hope away.
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