Since it was passed on April 23, the Arizona Immigration Law has deported many immigrants. The Arizona Law was written to lower drug violence and the number of illegal immigrants in Arizona, but many have protested it.

"It's that whole attitude that fundamentally reflects, 'Yes, we're trying to take over immigration policy,' " Foster Maer, an attorney for a Hispanic civil-rights group. "It really demonizes Latinos generally and immigrants specifically." (Arizona immigration law has groups readying for court, USA Today)

The law gives permission for police to stop a person on the street if they look like an illegal immigrant and ask for documents proving that they are in the country legally; in fact citizens can sue the state if the law isn't being enforced to its fullest. The law also makes it a crime to not carry documents if you are not a citizen.

In Mexico, where many of Arizona's illegal immigrants are from, changes are being made as well. The government increased the maximum number of years in jail for a smuggler from 12 to 16. Shelters for children have been preparing for more people to come.

"All of us are getting ready for people to come back," Maria Isabel Avruiz, the director of one of the shelters, said.

I remember first reading the New York Times article by Randal C. Archibold. I was amazed at what I read. A law that would "undermine the basic notions of fairness that we cherish as Americans (Barak Obama)."  As I read other articles on the law I read about people who called it "improvements in the quality of life (Bob Dane)."

In this story I would like to show that racial discrimination, by law or not shouldn't be tolerated. People shouldn't feel under pressure because of their identity. I hope that you, the reader, will learn that racial identity is important  and should be embraced by others.

Works Cited Page
Archibold, Randal C. "Arizona Enacts Stringent Law on Immigration." The New York Times 23 April 2010: n.p. Web.

Gomez, Alan. "Arizona Fells Negative 'Ripple Effect' Over Border Law." USA Today 19 November 2010: A3. Web.

Hawley, Chris. "Mexico Braces For Effects of Arizona Immigration Law." USA Today 26 July 2010: n.p. Web.

Gamboa, Suzanne. "Arizona Deportation Stats: Thousands Deported Even Without New Law." The Huffington Post 28 July 2010: n.p. Web.

Gomez, Alan. "Arizona Immigration Law Has Groups Readying for Court." USA Today 20 July: n.p. Web.