Arizona’s S.B. 1070: Separating Fact from Fiction

1 Law Journal for Social Justice 44 (2011)

7 Pages Posted: 12 Jul 2012

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Carissa Byrne Hessick

University of North Carolina School of Law; Prosecutors and Politics Project

Date Written: 2011

Abstract

When Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed the legislation commonly referred to as Senate Bill 1070 into law, she sparked a firestorm of controversy in the local and national media. Commentators and activists on both sides of the immigration debate fanned the flames of that controversy by giving starkly different accounts of what the legislation contained and what its effects were likely to be. This short commentary identifies a number of examples where the public discussion of S.B. 1070 is incomplete or inaccurate.

Keywords: Immigration, S.B. 1070, Arizona, Fact Check

Suggested Citation

Hessick, Carissa Byrne, Arizona’s S.B. 1070: Separating Fact from Fiction (2011). 1 Law Journal for Social Justice 44 (2011), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2091344

Carissa Byrne Hessick (Contact Author)

University of North Carolina School of Law ( email )

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Prosecutors and Politics Project ( email )

University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
United States

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