About that boycott... should California go forward with Arizona boycott?
Now that an injunction has been issued against Arizona's SB 1070, will California businesses still boycott Arizona businesses?
When Arizona’s controversial SB 1070 law was passed a few months ago California’s governments, from the state to counties and cities, were quick with retribution. On the state level a resolution was proposed in the Legislature that called for California to boycott all state business with Arizona; similar efforts were followed up in Los Angeles and elsewhere. After yesterday’s ruling by a federal judge that, at least temporarily, ripped the guts out of SB1070—namely the provisions that empowers local law enforcement to question and arrest suspected illegal immigrants—there is now a question of whether California should go forward with its boycott of Arizona. True, the popular sentiment in Arizona remains firmly behind SB1070 and it has never been the friendliest state toward immigrants, but is California being too punitive? And was this boycott ever a wise use of the state’s time and energy?
Guest:
State Sen. Gil Cedillo, D-22nd Senate District; Chair of the California Latino Legislative Caucus
- Patt Morrison for July 29, 2010
- About that boycott... should California go forward with Arizona boycott?
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- Mandatory minimums on crack cocaine to be shortened
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Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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