Oops.. Cost of Arizona's "Papers Please" law starting to show..

[walldude]

"We knew all along that there was a powerful business incentive involved in the Arizona Senate's recent rejection of the latest Russell Pearce anti-immigration slate. Now the New York Times corroborates it:

The Senate move was a victory for the Arizona business lobby, which on many issues is more moderate than state lawmakers. And it was a rebuke for the State Senate president, Russell Pearce, a Republican and the driving force behind tough immigration measures, including the law passed last April requiring police to question the status of anyone they stop if they have a “reasonable suspicion” that the person might be an illegal immigrant.

Opponents of the five bills said that the state’s image had been hit hard, and that it did not make sense to pass new measures while the state had already put itself so far out in front of other states and the federal government on the issue — at a cost to tourism and other industries.

They said that previous immigration bills were still being reviewed by the courts, and that it was not smart to pass new legislation that plainly conflicted with the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.

“I don’t believe that anyone, including myself, foresaw the national and international reaction” to April’s bill, said Glenn Hamer, chief executive of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, who said estimates of lost tourism business ranged from $15 million to $150 million. “Now we have that experience under our belts. We know these measures can cause economic damage; it’s just a matter of degree.”

http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/costs-sb1070s-ugly-nativism-arizona-

Fucking idiots.

[ixion]

1. "no one could have foreseen..."

heh... yeah, right. :eyes:

[LisaM]

5. I know.

It's absolutely mind boggling that he could say that.

[Cronus Protagonist]

2. bad link

page not found

[walldude]

9. Weird.. try this one:

http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/costs-sb1070s-ugly-nativism-arizona-

if that doesn't work it's on the front page of C&L... I can't edit the OP anymore..

[county worker]

3. They didn't get my dollars. We have been planning for a couple of years to spend

some time there but ever since their anti immigrant stance went to extremes we decided not to go.

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. I sure hope you told the Arizona Chamber of Commerce that.

If not , maybe it is not too late to drop them an email?

[CBGLuthier]

4. "Shit, we jus' figgered everybody else was as racist as us."

Is what they really mean.

[EFerrari]

6. They knew before they passed this POS that there would be

a negative economic impact for an already struggling state, and they did it anyway.

What do they care, none of them are working people.

[Taverner]

7. HAAA!

Don't shit where you eat, Arizona!

[madmom]

8. We were going to retire there, not now!

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. "it was not smart to pass new legislation that plainly conflicted with the 14th Amendment"

Look! A learning curve!!!!

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. Well AZ, do something else stupid

and you'll lose even more.

My plans for the summer intentionally bypassed your state.