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Dupnik AZ Sheriff Refuses To Enforce New State Immigration Law
An Arizona sheriff is the latest person to speak out about the state's new immigration legislation, saying he does not plan to enforce the divisive law.Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik calls Senate Bill 1070 a "stupid law" that will force officers to start profiling. He is one of the first local law enforcement officials to rebel against the law. "We don't need to enforce it. It would be irresponsible in my opinion to put people in the Pima County Jail at the taxpayers expense when i can give them to the Border Patrol," Dupnik said. The Sheriff admits he could get sued for failing to obey the law, but says that's a risk he's willing to take. The controversial bill was signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer last Friday. U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva of Arizona told about 3,500 protesters gathered at the state Capitol that the Obama administration can help defeat the law by refusing to cooperate. "We're asking that his federal agencies, particularly Homeland Security, not cooperate with the implementation of this law. That's defeating this. That's the strategy," Grijalva said. National figures are also chiming in on the controversy. Rev. Al Sharpton said that just as freedom riders battled segregation in the 1960s, he would organize "freedom walkers" to challenge the Arizona bill. "We will go to Arizona when this bill goes into effect and walk the streets with people who refuse to give identification and force arrest," Sharpton said Sunday in New York. Which only matters if the police suspect they are illegal aliens. Imagine how unhappy he would be if he has to break other laws just to get arrested. And then ends up in Joe Arpaio's tent city for a hundred days in Summer, waiting for trial. Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-04-28 |
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