Does Gov. Brewer really represent America’s opinions?

As numerous media outlets have announced this week, on Friday, April 23rd, Governor Jan Brewer signed a bill that made it a crime to be an undocumented immigrant in the state.   After reading the text of the law, I was shocked that a state legislature AND a governor could enact a piece of legislation so clearly unconstitutional.

What is almost more disturbing than the law itself, is the statistic that one radio show touted: Seventy percent of Americans agree with Arizona’s law.  My question is: what part of the law?  Fixing a broken immigration system?  Yes.  Arresting people with “reasonable suspicion” that they are illegal which will undoubtedly lead to racial profiling?  Not so much.  This law is going to have disasterous consequences on many fronts.  It is true that something needs to be done, but this is a horrible misguided effort.

Jon Stewart offers some humor on a very humorless situation:

Looking for the silver lining, maybe Arizona’s folly will finally breathe life into comprehensive immigration reform.  One can only hope.