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Arizona Passes SB 1070 Drafted by ALEC and Private Prison Companies

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Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signs Senate Bill 1070, the broadest and strictest anti-illegal immigration law in the United States, making it a state misdemeanor for immigrants to be in Arizona without carrying required documents and requiring law enforcement officers to determine immigration status …

Russell Pearce Jan Brewer Corrections Corporation of America American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) GEO Group +1 more immigration-policy alec private-prisons corporate-capture racial-profiling +1 more
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