New Arizona US immigration law continues to cause a stir
May 12 2010 by Niall J Rice
The Arizona state flag
The immigration law passed in the state of Arizona last month, and promptly derided by many in power including celebrities such as Shakira, persists in causing continued discontent across the US.
After Barack Obama called the legislation by Arizona law-makers ‘misguided’ and called for it to be addressed as soon as possible, San Francisco have now waded into the fold and declared a boycott on the state of Arizona over their feelings on what is claimed to be more of a racial profiling measure than a US immigration law.
The details of the resolution follow a free-falling elevator of events involving a Democrat representative, Raul Grijalva, calling for a ban on businesses holding conferences in the state as protest to the law. What then followed were major cities such as San Francisco calling for an outright boycott of the state.
The detail of the resolution - passed by the Californian city’s law-makers, calls for businesses within San Francisco to refrain from enterprise with the state and advises companies to discontinue contracts with Arizona-based firms.
Some commentators feel that this ‘voluntary’ ban could cost the state and economy millions let alone lead to discontent amongst those that have made a move to the US, it is also a widely held belief that it will lead to a reciprocal boycott by businesses within Arizona.
Barry Broome, president of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council views the events as only having one outcome.
"How many Los Angeles- and San Francisco-based companies are doing hundreds of millions of dollars of work in Arizona? A boycott can only lead to harm."
This of course all follows the threat by the Obama administration to bring legal action against the state, at what they see to be an unconstitutional law.
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