Additional Information about the Arizona Legislation

Arizona’s New Anti-Immigrant Legislation and Common Immigration Myths An analysis of the new Arizona law by Brendan N. Mahoney, Esq. Mr. Mahoney is a lawyer and the moderator of the Southwest Conference

Oppostion to the legislation is wide-spread: native Americans led an anti-SB1070 rally in March

The Legal Challenges and Economic Realities of Arizona's SB 1070 from the Immigration Policy Center

Enforcing Arizona's SB1070: A State of Confusion, a report from the Immigration Policy Center

A Guide for State & Local Policymakers and Advocates from the American Immigration and Lawyers Association covering seven key issue areas:

• Restricting immigrants' access to public benefits and services
• Mandating verification of employment eligibility
• Restricting congregations of day laborers
• Establishing "English-only" policies
• Imposing restrictive housing policies
• Requiring state and local police to serve as immigration agents
• Restricting immigrants' access to driver's licenses

How the Arizona law usurps the federal government's ability to set immigration policy from the Immigration Policy Center

Arizona State University professor Roxanne Lynn Doty describes the anti-immigrant movement in an insightful article titled "The Anti-Immigrant Movement and the Politics of Exceptionalism"

Arizona's Anti-Immigration Law is also Anti-Faith by Jenny Hwang, Director of Advocacy and Policy for the Refugee and Immigration Program at World Relief

American Bar Association opposes SB 1070

Why Policy Chiefs Oppose SB 1070

Legal Challenges to Arizona SB 21070 from the National Immigration Law Center and a number of civil rights groups    

Q&A Guide to Arizona's New Immigration Law from the Immigration Policy Center

Information about the lawsuits challenging Arizona SB 1070

The federal government lawsuit challenging SB1070

Preventing the spread of Arizona-type laws to other states: Enough is Enough: State Legislators Fight Arizona Copycat Laws with Progressive Immigration Policies
By Seth Hoy, Immigration Impact