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Protests Flare in Arizona Over New Law

Dozens busted as protesters surround Phoenix jail

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 30, 2010 1:21 AM CDT

(Newser) – The ruling blocking key parts of Arizona's immigration law hasn't cooled tempers in the state. Dozens of people were arrested in Phoenix yesterday as protesters gathered to demonstrate against the law. Protesters surrounded a downtown jail and the office of controversial sheriff Joe Arpaio, who vowed that the protests won't stop him from launching one of his immigration sweeps, ABC News reports.

"Joe Arpaio has picked the easy targets, the day laborers," one protester said. "Let's go after the real criminals and stop wasting our money." Protests also flared in Tucson, New York City, and Los Angeles, where a dozen people were arrested. Provisions of the law making it a crime to pick up day laborers went into effect yesterday, although several who spoke to the media said they didn't feel any more afraid than they had the previous day, and they hadn't seen any police.

Hundreds of members of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor march to the Arizona state capitol building in protest of Arizona's SB1070 immigration-enforcement law yesterday. (AP Photo/Ralph Freso)

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio gives a news conference in Phoenix yesterday. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Demonstrator Devin Fleenor of Phoenix handcuffs himself to the doors of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office in protest of Arizona's SB1070 immigration-enforcement law yesterday. (AP Photo/Ralph Freso)

Teenager Cuaghtlatohuac Haitzilopoch, left, has a heated conversation with a supporter of the new immigration-enforcement law during a protest in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ralph Freso)

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diltsduo

Jul 30, 2010 5:09 PM CDT

Please forget the Government makes the laws, NOT the people, so if you think gathering 4billion protesters in one area will do anything... Think again.

zaglossus

Jul 30, 2010 1:41 PM CDT

A lot of these protesting thugs were bussed in from L.A. by the SEIU.

ddhartman

Jul 30, 2010 9:40 AM CDT

I am very concerned about illegal immigrates coming into this country from Mexico, and the possibility that they could do significant harm to American's and America. But it's NOT the Mexican looking for work to support his/her family that is my concern, it's the fact that anyone from the middle east, North Korea, etc. carrying a suitcase bomb of any type (nuclear, chemical, thermal, or just explosive) can get into this country through the very same porous border - and apparently there's not too many here that care one way or the other. Because it would be racially discriminatory to ask someone for their ID, and we just might hurt someones feelings or offend them.

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