OPINION: THE IMMIGRATION HUNT IN ARIZONA FIRES UP! SB 1070

As broken as the immigration system is in the U.S., it angers me that the president who promised to do something about this issue, has not done anything. I feel like immigrants are being hunted for, like wild animals. The state of Arizona has just passed a new law, Senate bill 1070, which gives police officers the right to stop and question anyone who they have the "reasonable suspicion" is in the country illegally. Three other states currently await the proposal of similar laws: Oklahoma, Georgia, and Virginia. It requires that all government employees (teachers, doctors, etc.) turn in people who may be suspects of being immigrants. Anyone who hires an immigrant, or protects one, are subject to the breaking of the law. I am furious by such laws and I find an injustice that the government has the right to racially profile people. so that means that all people who are brown, look Mexican, and like ALIENS, need to watch out because the police is coming after you. It is upsetting to speak with such sarcasm, but that is the status of the country and immigration.    


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Education Immigration Laws

It is important that undocumented students are aware of the laws that affect them as students in the United States. Today, Susan Knight, director of college placement at the Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice in Brooklyn sends undocumented students to the article “Financial Aid and Scholarships for Undocumented Students” [provided by finaid.org]. This article should be a useful reference for both school counselors and undocumented students.

http://www.finaid.org/otheraid/undocumented.phtml