Arizona Immigration Law

During the summer I was seeing and hearing a lot of controversy with the Senate Bill 1070 which caused a lot of outrage with Arizona and multiple states. SB 1070 enforced more strict policies on the immigration status in Arizona. The bill was revised under U.S District Judge Susan Bolton and went into effect on July 29.

The article I read in USA TODAY,   Ariz. immigration law three months later: no arrests , has stated that basically nothing has happen in the last three months since the Bill became active. I, however, feel that a lot has happen even though no one has exercised their rights under the Bill. I think that by having no arrests that people are being aware and cautious of performing any illegal acts under the Bill.

In the article, it seems that all local law enforcement agencies are somewhat relaxed on the policies. Several agencies are coming up with their own policies to enforce, while others will exercise the Bill fully when the need arises. I do not think that these responsibilities should be left to local law enforcement and should be left to federal agencies. Local law enforcement agencies should stay concentrated on public safety and not immigration policies, unless it interferes with the safety of the public.

I think that the Bill is still fairly new and has a lot of ifs about how the laws are regulated and enforced. I feel that it needs more time to predict if it was worth the effort or not. The Bill could have several effects to the U.S economy. It could decrease immigration in a good way and bad way. The way it would be beneficial is that it would encourage immigrants to obtain work and citizenship in the U.S. which would help the economy by increasing the number of workers. The negative way is that it would scare immigrants away that want to work and would decrease the flow of migrant workers.

Immigration will always be an issue in the United States, as many see the U.S. as a better place to live and work than their current country. I believe that until we can find a neutral and equal zone to have all parties involved benefit from this, the people of the United States will always struggle with this issue and how it can be better handled.