Reactions to SB1070 in Arizona are pretty varied. Some of the same old gang continues to stay on top, notably the governor Jan Brewer and Russell Pearce-the notorious author of the bill in the state senate.
According to this article in the Economist, there are some other changes. 100,000 Latinos have left the state Arizona has lost ” $217m in spending by conference visitors and $388m in economic output from cancellations and booking declines in this and the next two years.”
I wonder if the exodus of Latinos, most of whom are of Mexican decent, is a desired effect of the legislation by some of the administration. The loss of funds from these conferences and functions might be considered acceptable. If the Latino flight and direction economic opposition are acceptable losses, I would ask what the end goal actually is.
Keep blogging. It’s great stuff