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Phoenix Suns to Protest Arizona Anti-Immigrant Law

HeadlineMay 05, 2010

Opposition continues to grow against Arizona’s anti-immigrant law, which allows police officers to stop and interrogate anyone they suspect is an undocumented immigrant. On Tuesday, city councils in the Arizona towns of Flagstaff and Tucson both passed measures to sue the state over the new law. Meanwhile, in California, the Oakland City Council unanimously voted to boycott Arizona. The National Basketball Association’s Phoenix Suns have announced their players will wear jerseys showing their team name as “Los Suns” in a playoff game tonight to protest to the new law. Today is also the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo. On Tuesday, Phoenix Suns point guard and NBA All-Star Steve Nash spoke out against the law in an interview with ESPN.

Steve Nash: “I’m against it. I think that this is a bill that really damages our civil liberties. I think that it opens up the potential for racial profiling and racism. I think that it’s a bad precedent to set for our young people. I think it represents our state poorly in the eyes of the nation and the world. I think we have a lot of great attributes here, and I think that it’s something that we could do without. And I think it hopefully will change a lot in the coming weeks.”

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