On April 23rd Governor Jan Brewer signed into law a bill which takes extensive measures against illegal immigration in the state of Arizona. Unsurprisingly, certain groups are up in arms over this legislation. Al Sharpton (sans reverential title) founder of the National Action Network has stated his unequivocal opposition. According to USA Today, others including Janet Murguia head of the National Council of La Raza, and Rep. Raul Grijalva, are calling for economic sanctions including boycotts of Arizona businesses and tourism. Still others have taken to protestation which at times has become violent. Furthermore, Attorney General Eric Holder and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano have stated their concerns and suggested that the law may be challenged by the Justice Department.
All this notwithstanding, the legal ramifications may yet be overshadowed by the ideological implications. Even if upheld by the courts, this law will become another line of demarcation between the political left and right. Each side has become entrenched while preparing to battle for the moral high ground. The fight may be fraught with desperate attempts to force the other side to withdraw from the field. With this in mind, I predict that the left will probably make such an attempt in the near future. I believe there will be an effort to contrive circumstances (complete with videotape- à la James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles) which will be used to conjure up a charge of racial profiling. This claim will in turn be thoroughly investigated by the Justice Department.
Admittedly this is speculation on my part, but I think it is well within the realm of plausibility.
Humbly submitted.
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