Arizona's Immigration law: SB 1070 & HB 2162

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Chicago to boycott future AZ contracts
by Kevin Tripp/KTAR (June 16th, 2010 @ 1:31pm)

Chicago has found a new way to protest Arizona's immigration law.

The City Council voted to boycott any future contracts with Arizona companies.

Alderman Roberto Maldonado said the boycott does not include current contracts.

"The idea is not to hurt the city of Chicago by breaking existing contracts and therefore penalizing the city of Chicago," Maldonado said. "The idea obviously is to hurt what we feel is the aggressor of such a racist law we feel was enacted in Arizona."

Right now, Chicago has a big contract with Valley-based Redflex Traffic Systems Inc. to provide traffic cameras.

The proposed boycott of future contracts still needs the Chicago mayor's signature.

Ah my old city figures no surprise. If daily signs that his father would roll over in his grave. But he's been breaking lots of traditions over the years so who knows.

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Donors give $20K to help defend AZ immigration law (June 16th, 2010 @ 9:19pm)

PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's office has received nearly $20,000 in private donations to help the state mount a legal defense against lawsuits related to its tough new immigration law.

Nearly 440 people in 46 states and the District of Columbia have contributed to the fund. According to a list of donors provided to The Arizona Republic newspaper, the smallest contribution is $1 and the largest is $750.

Brewer announced last month that she had hired private counsel to represent her in the federal lawsuits pending against the state. She is named as a defendant in four of the five cases.

Arizona's new immigration law is scheduled to take effect July 29. It requires police, while enforcing other laws, to question a person's immigration status if officers have a reasonable suspicion that the person is in the country illegally.