Sánchez Slams Arizona Racial Profiling Law

Linda Sánchez: "This is the most oppressive piece of legislation since the Jim Crow laws."

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Linda Sánchez (CA-39) issued the following statement today following Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's signing of SB 1070, which forces police officers to question anyone they "reasonably suspect" to be an illegal immigrant:

"Arizona may as well have issued a law that says only light-skinned people who live or visit here have civil rights.This is the most oppressive piece of legislation since the Jim Crow laws.It's a sad day for a country founded on freedom when one misguided state condones racial profiling into law to win a few more votes from the hate-monger wing of the Republican party."