The points I make to those that don't oppose the AZ law

[NJmaverick]

as polls have shown the majority of Americans don't appreciate the harm the new AZ law causes. In my mind that means there needs to be an educational campaign. What I do is explain to people why our nation has historically separated law enforcement and immigration. The primary reason was to protect human beings from being victimized. In AZ the illegal immigrants are now fearful of going to the police. This turns them into easy victims of exploitation (even virtual slavery), crime and cruelty. What happens to that illegal house keeper who is raped by her wealthy employer after he had one too many drinks? Does she get justice? No if she goes to the police all she gets is deported for her efforts. What about those employing illegals? Well guess what? Those people can now refuse to pay their workers and threaten to call the police if the workers get upset. Beat your illegal immigrant employee? Not a problem, it's not like the people have any human rights left.
It's not just employers and illegals that are the victims in this area. Criminals will target anyone that looks like a Mexican immigrant (legal or not) because there is a chance they are illegal so the criminal's crimes will never be reported. So I would hate to walk the streets of Phoenix or other AZ city if I looked like I was from Mexico. Every mugger and thief will be waiting to take a shot at me.
To make matters worse the new law gives those that are the real villains (the people exploiting the illegal immigrants) a mere slap on the wrist. To add insult to injury the law even punishes those reporting the exploiters if the state can't make a case against them. That is clearly a measure designed to protect the one hiring the illegal immigrants by making people afraid to report them.

Well that how I address the issue with people. Human nature is such that people are not particularly empathetic. So just telling them the unfair and unconstitutional nature of the law is not enough. I try to put a human face on this racist driven law and try to get them to understand the real human suffering that this law creates.