Due to Arizona's controversial passage of SB1070, we as sensible Americans should boycott Arizona and its sports teams until this bill is repealed. That includes the Diamondbacks (and their MiLB affiliates), Cardinals (formerly of Chicago and STL), Coyotes, Suns, and all Arizona-based college teams. I think AZ SB1070 is an outrage, as it actively promotes Anti-Hispanic/Latino(a) sentiments and people even suspected to look like an illegal immigrant will be deported. This is how Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, Russia (to an extent), East Germany, Cuba, North Korea, China, and their types of government operated: "Show Me Your Papers, Please!" or something similar of that nature.
I hope this fucked-up bill gets repealed ASAP! This stunt by Arizona means that Hispanics will vote for Democrats in even bigger margins than it already is, and may turn even some of the reliably Republican voting base of Cuban-Americans to the Democratic Party, Libertarian Party, or even Independent/3rd Parties. I think that more and more Republican Latinos(as) would switch to the Dems, Libertarians, or Independent, just like what happened with the African-American voting base from the 1930s-now.
Boycott Arizona! ¡Boicot Arizona!
Right-wing mark debate over AZ immigration law with racially charged rhetoric
April 28, 2010 12:51 pm ET
Numerous right-wing media figures have rushed to defend Arizona's controversial new immigration law, often by employing racially charged rhetoric, imagery, and stereotypes. Many have also embraced racial profiling while promoting the legislation.
Right-wing media defend AZ law with racially charged rhetoric
The Washington Times dubs immigration protestors "the Tequila Party," filled with "[a]ngry, hateful, violent, extremist liberals." In an April 28 editorial, titled, "Angry, hateful, violent, extremists, liberals," The Washington Times said of those participating in recent protests of Arizona's immigration law: "Imagine a group of angry demonstrators toting swastika-festooned protest signs calling politicians Nazis, shouting obscenities and racial remarks and throwing rocks and bottles at police officers sent to keep order. ...This group of liberal rowdies has been dubbed the Tequila Party."
Drudge highlights Bloomberg article with unrelated image of what appear to be Latino gang members. The Drudge Report linked to a Bloomberg article, which reported that the Mexican government issued a travel warning for its citizens visiting Arizona, and illustrated it with the following image, which does not appear in the article:
Beck uses bag of "pot" and bottle of prescription pills to illustrate the "difference between legal and illegal immigration." On the April 26 edition of Fox News' Glenn Beck, Beck said "let's define the discussion we're about to have" on immigration. Beck pointed out that "there is a difference between legal and illegal immigration" and as visual aides, used a bottle of prescription allergy medicine to represent legal immigration, and a bag of "pot" to represent illegal immigration.
Kilmeade: "Can you blame the people of Arizona for giving the cops this power? ... How many surgeons" do we "find in those tunnels by the border?" During an April 28 "fair and balanced" panel discussion on the law, Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade asked leading questions and made many racially-charged remarks, including asking what is "wrong with" "giving police officers in Arizona the ability to go up to an individual -- if they have reasonable cause to think they're here in this country illegally?" He also referenced "the drugs that are coming across the border... the kidnapping that's happening there... the killing that happened to a rancher a month ago," and asked "Can you blame the people of Arizona for giving the cops this power?" After guest Richard Florida made the point that high-skilled immigrants "look at how we handle low-skilled people, they look at how we handle illegals," Kilmeade responded: "You know how many surgeons we find in those tunnels by the border?"
Buchanan: "Arizona acted because" the federal government failed to "protect the states from invasion" of "illegal aliens." In an April 26 WorldNetDaily column, Pat Buchanan wrote that "Arizona acted because the U.S. government has abdicated its constitutional duty to protect the states from invasion and refuses to enforce America's immigration laws." Buchanan warned that "[i]f Arizona does not get control of the border and stop the invasion, U.S. citizens will stop coming to Arizona and will begin to depart, as they are already fleeing California... What we are talking about here is the balkanization and breakup of a nation into ethnic enclaves."
Right-wing mark debate over AZ immigration law with racially charged rhetoric
Media Matters: Racial profiling? No problem, say conservative media
This was a big week for fearmongering about illegal immigration.
If you've been living under a rock, you may have missed the news that Arizona passed a controversial new immigration law -- considered to be the toughest in the nation (and the most draconian) -- requiring law enforcement to investigate the immigration status of anyone they come in contact with through the normal course of their duties if they reasonably suspect them of being in the country illegally. This led legal and law enforcement experts to raise concerns that the law will lead to racial profiling, and it prompted former Republican Rep. Joe Scarborough to call the law "un-American."
This week we saw the right-wing media scramble to defend the law, grasping for every possible angle. For example:
* Fox News' Sean Hannity and Sarah Palin dismissed the possibility that the law will lead to racial profiling, calling the claim "shameful."
* Fox News' Steven Crowder, Greg Gutfeld, Michael Malkin, Brit Hume, and radio host Mike Gallagher embraced and defended the law, including the potential for racial profiling. Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume, for example, said that "people may have to endure some inconvenience."
* Meanwhile, Fox & Friends' Gretchen Carlson and Steve Doocy, National Review's Rich Lowry, and CNN's Jack Cafferty all pretended that the Arizona law is very similar to federal immigration law, and therefore uncontroversial.
* Carlson did her part by dismissing all the critics of the law as the "left" -- presumably including such known lefties as Joe Scarborough, Charles Krauthammer, and Andrew Napolitano.
* With no place left to go but down, The Washington Times, The Drudge Report, Glenn Beck, Brian Kilmeade, and Pat Buchanan defended the bill by making incendiary and racially charged rhetoric and imagery.
* And, naturally, Lowry and the Washington Examiner blamed Obama.
Apparently unable to defend what the Arizona law actually said, some conservatives simply pretended it said something else. Specifically, they claimed that the term "lawful contact" in the legislation meant that law enforcement could only investigate the immigration status of people already suspected of committing an unrelated offense. Media Matters contacted an Arizona House Republican research analyst to debunk the claim. The analyst clarified that "lawful contact" included crime victims, witnesses, "or just people who are lawfully interacting with the police officer." Other experts said the same thing. The Arizona legislature subsequently voted to change the law's language, replacing the phrase "lawful contact" with "lawful stop, detention or arrest."
Media Matters: Racial profiling? No problem, say conservative media
Hannity on proposed boycott of Arizona Diamondbacks: "I'm buying a cap"
From the April 29 edition of Fox News' Hannity:
What's wrong with Un-American Hannity.
Since the passage of SB 1070, Arizona's new racial-profiling legislation, police officers have announced their opposition and resentment towards the controversial bill, a piece of legislation many see as both distracting and unenforceable.
According to a local news station in Tucson, a local police officer has become the first to file a lawsuit against the state of Arizona in response to SB 1070. In court documents, Martín Escobar, a naturalized United States citizen and a veteran of the Tucson police department, claims that SB 1070 is aimed "specifically at Hispanics, is unlawful, [and] results in impermissible deprivations of rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution."
Arizona Police against AZ SB1070, ImmigrationChange.org
Since the Arizona legislature passed the "Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act," a bill which will probably end up establishing the harshest set of state immigration laws in the country, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s phone has been reportedly ringing off the hook with residents encouraging her to either sign or veto Senate Bill 1070. Though Brewer has refused to comment on which action she plans on taking, she did assure attendees of the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s Black and White Ball this Saturday that she will do what is fair. The Phoenix New Times reports:
Speaking to attendees of the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s Black and White Ball Saturday night at the downtown Phoenix Sheraton, Governor Jan Brewer refused to say whether or not she would sign state Senator Russell Pearce’s police state/anti-immigrant bill SB 1070. But she assured the crowd that she understood its opposition to the measure.
"In regards to Senate Bill 1070," she stated, "I will tell you that I never make comment, like most governor’s throughout our country, before a bill reaches my desk. But I hear you, and I will assure you that I will do what I believe is the right thing so that everyone is treated fairly."
Her statement prompted a quip from the following speaker, Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, who asked the mostly Latino crowd, "I think what I just heard was a commitment to veto that bill, whatdya think?"
04.19.2010's article from ThinkProgress about Jan Brewer
Is Coulter accusing Fox News of "blatantly lying" about racial profiling concerns in AZ law?
On The O'Reilly Factor, Ann Coulter stated that "everyone is blatantly lying" when saying the new Arizona immigration law could lead to racial profiling. However, several Fox News personalities have said that the law may lead to racial profiling.
From the April 30 edition of Fox News Channel's The O'Reilly Factor:
WILLIAMS: Ann, what do you think of this law? Is it about racial profiling as we are hearing from the pop stars?
COULTER: No, though I like that listening to air-headed celebrities, is almost identical to listening to news broadcasters on every station except Fox. No, everyone is blatantly lying about what this law does. Specifically racial profiling is prohibited by the law. Cops, by the way, cannot initiate contact with anyone under the law whom they could not initiate contact with before. It's when they are in the process of stopping someone or arresting someone if there is a reasonable suspicion that the person is here illegally, not based on race, not based on a suspicion of the person's national origin, but, you know, other reasons. If a cop stops a van that's speeding and 20 people get out and run in 20 different directions, that would cause reasonable suspicion. And it's not like Arizona is inventing this legal principle. There are decades of law interpreting reasonable suspicion.
Coultergeist talks with O'Loofah's stooge, Juan Williams, about AZ SB1070
Attn George Will: MLB Players Association says AZ law "could have a negative impact on hundreds" of players
Earlier this week, George F. Will wrote a screed in favor of Arizona's new immigration law, arguing:
Non-Hispanic Arizonans of all sorts live congenially with all sorts of persons of Hispanic descent. These include some whose ancestors got to Arizona before statehood -- some even before it was a territory. They were in America before most Americans' ancestors arrived. Arizonans should not be judged disdainfully and from a distance by people whose closest contacts with Hispanics are with fine men and women who trim their lawns and put plates in front of them at restaurants, not with illegal immigrants passing through their back yards at 3 a.m.
If legitimate concerns about racial profiling aren't enough for Will, maybe this one is: The executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association released a statement condemning the new law, stating that it "could have a negative impact on hundreds of Major League players who are citizens of countries other than the United States." [h/t Atrios]
Attn George Will: MLB Players Association says AZ law "could have a negative impact on hundreds" of players
Defending AZ law, Peters falsely claims crime rates are "soaring" in border states
In his New York Post column, Ralph Peters defended the controversial Arizona immigration law in part by citing "soaring crime rates in our border states." However, crime rates in Arizona -- as well as crime rates for each state bordering Mexico -- have dropped during the past decade.
Col. Ralph Peters lying about border crime rates
MSNBC's Favorite Bigot Buchanan scapegoats undocumented immigrants for "bankrupt" California
On Morning Joe, Pat Buchanan baselessly claimed that undocumented immigrants are "bankrupting" California. But California's Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has said that it's a "myth" that undocumented immigrants are to blame for the state's fiscal crisis, and experts have attributed California's current fiscal crisis to the state's tax system and declining revenues due to the recent economic downturn.
Buchanan: Undocumented immigrants are "bankrupting" California
Buchanan baselessly claims that undocumented immigrants are "bankrupting the state of California." On the April 28 edition of MSNBC's Morning Hoax, Buchanan stated, "We've got 12 to 20 million illegals in the country, they're bankrupting the state of California because they're very poor and unskilled."
Well, the Repubs are bankrupting California.
Buchanan scapegoats undocumented immigrants for "bankrupt" California
Eric Bolling on AZ law: "This is a great bill, every state should have it."
From the May 1 edition of Bulls & Bears:
Well, Bolling is wrong as always. You DO NOT ever trust these Fox Business whackos for ANY real business advice.
Duncan Hunter: Deport Illegal Immigrants' Children Who Are Natural-Born Americans
First Posted: 04-30-10 03:32 AM | Updated: 04-30-10 12:33 PM
SAN DIEGO (AP)-- Rep. Duncan Hunter said he would support deporting U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants, adding that "it takes more than walking across the border to be an American citizen."
The San Diego-area Republican congressman spoke Saturday at a video recorded tea party rally in Ramona. Hunter was asked by someone in the crowd if he backed deporting natural-born American citizens who are the children of illegal immigrants.
"I would have to, yes," Hunter said.
Hunter said in the video that some of his critics believe his stance is mean-spirited.
"And we're not being mean. We're just saying it takes more than walking across the border to become an American citizen," he said. "It's what's in our souls."
The 14th amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees citizenship to all persons born in the United States.
Hunter's spokesman Joe Kasper said Thursday that the congressman's position is that U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants should stay with their parents unless there is a legal guardian who could take care of them.
Duncan Hunter (R-CA): Deport Children of Illegal Immigrants
MLB Players Blast Arizona Immigration Law, Urge Repeal Or Modification
The Major League Baseball Players Association waded into the debate over Arizona's controversial immigration law Thursday, issuing a statement that urges state lawmakers to repeal or modify the legislation. In its statement, MLBPA Executive Director Michael Weiner says that the law "could have a negative impact on hundreds of Major League players who are citizens of countries other than the United States."
The players union also threatened to take further action if the legislation is implemented. "If the current law goes into effect, the MLBPA will consider additional steps necessary to protect the rights and interests of our members," Weiner wrote. One possible target is the 2011 MLB All-Star Game, which is scheduled to be held in Phoenix.
The law, which would force local police offers to ask people about their immigration status if they have reason to be suspicious, has caused a national uproar. Numerous sports bloggers have called for a boycott of the Arizona Diamondbacks, and protests have been held in Chicago and Denver.
MLB Players blast AZ Immigration Law
Anger over Ariz. immigration law drives US rallies
CHICAGO — Angered by a controversial Arizona immigration law, tens of thousands of protesters – including 50,000 alone in Los Angeles – rallied in cities nationwide demanding President Barack Obama tackle immigration reform immediately.
"I want to thank the governor of Arizona because she's awakened a sleeping giant," said labor organizer John Delgado who attended a rally in New York where authorities estimated 6,500 gathered.
From Los Angeles to Washington D.C., activists, families, students and even politicians marched, practiced civil disobedience and "came out" about their citizenship status in the name of rights for immigrants, including the estimated 12 million living illegally in the U.S.
Police said 50,000 rallied in Los Angeles where singer Gloria Estefan kicked off a massive downtown march. Estefan spoke in Spanish and English, proclaiming the United States is a nation of immigrants.
"We're good people," the Cuban-born singer said atop a flatbed truck. "We've given a lot to this country. This country has given a lot to us."
Public outcry, particularly among immigrant rights activists, has been building since last week when Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed the legislation last week. Supporters say the law is necessary because of the federal government's failure to secure the border, but critics contend it encourages racial profiling and is unconstitutional.
"It's racist," said Donna Sánchez, a 22-year-old U.S. citizen living in Chicago whose parents illegally crossed the Mexican border. "I have papers, but I want to help those who don't."
Organizers estimated about 20,000 gathered at a park on Chicago's West Side and marched, but police said about 8,000 turned out.
The event resembled something between a family festival – with food vendors pushing carts through the grass – and a political demonstration with protesters chanting "Sí se puede," Spanish for "Yes we can." A group of undocumented students stood on a stage at the Chicago park and "came out" regarding their immigration status.
May Day Rallies
Dana Loesch Calls for Financial Support of Racial Profiling
Dana Loesch tweeted the following yesterday:
To which misterfine responded:
Actually, it's worse than odd. It's repulsive, considering that Arizona just passed a new law that legalizes racial profiling. Keep that in mind next time Loesch tries to present herself as a champion of civil rights.
Here are some of Dana Loesch (@DLoesch's) crazy tweets:
If Shakira had read the 16 page bill she'd see that her worries are unfounded: http://bit.ly/...
12:31 PM Apr 30th via Seesmic
I really want to vacation in Arizona now. A new excuse to visit family who live there, too. 8:20 PM Apr 28th via Bad Kitty
Who gave the order to call the riot police in Quincy? RIdiculous intimidation tactic and a waste of funds.
8:51 PM Apr 28th via Seesmic
Dana Loesch supports the AZ SB1070, via STLactivisthub.com
I hate to break it to you, Dana, but Shakira's ACTUALLY doing something good and noble for the world and on this issue.
The clause that will kill Arizona
by kos
Tue Apr 27, 2010 at 10:22:03 AM CDT
There's obviously been much talk about Arizona's new anti-brown law, and how it empowers local law enforcement to racially profile brown people, demanding proof of citizenship that none of us carry around, as this guy found out:
PHOENIX – A Valley man says he was pulled over Wednesday morning and questioned when he arrived at a weigh station for his commercial vehicle along Val Vista and the 202 freeway.
Abdon, who did not want to use his last name, says he provided several key pieces of information but what he provided apparently was not what was needed.
He tells 3TV, "I don't think it's correct, if I have to take my birth certificate with me all the time." [...]
Abdon was told he did not have enough paperwork on him when he pulled into a weigh station to have his commercial truck checked. He provided his commercial driver’s license and a social security number but ended up handcuffed.
That part of the law has single-handedly given immigration reform a boost just as its fortune was waning in Congress, while also creating a Prop 187 moment for Arizona Republicans. Their California counterparts learned the hard way what happens when they specifically target the largest growing demographic in the country (and certainly in Arizona).
But if I were an Arizona government official, this is the clause from the law that would keep me up at night:
G. A PERSON MAY BRING AN ACTION IN SUPERIOR COURT TO CHALLENGE ANY OFFICIAL OR AGENCY OF THIS STATE OR A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE THAT ADOPTS OR IMPLEMENTS A POLICY THAT LIMITS OR RESTRICTS THE ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS TO LESS THAN THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY FEDERAL LAW. IF THERE IS A JUDICIAL FINDING THAT AN ENTITY HAS VIOLATED THIS SECTION, THE COURT SHALL ORDER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
1. THAT THE PERSON WHO BROUGHT THE ACTION RECOVER COURT COSTS AND ATTORNEY FEES.
2. THAT THE ENTITY PAY A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NOT MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH DAY THAT THE POLICY HAS REMAINED IN EFFECT AFTER THE FILING OF AN ACTION PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION.
I don't think it's crazy to predict that within one year, a substantial number of municipalities in the state of Arizona will be facing lawsuits by anti-immigration zealots. They'll walk down the street, see a couple of brown youths hanging out on the street corner, and BAM! lawsuit filed.
That's the reason that the Arizona Association of Chiefs of Police opposed the law.
The Arizona Association of Chiefs of Police opposed the measure, even though many law enforcement unions and advocacy groups supported it.
The police chiefs were ignored, and now citizen lawsuits will cost municipalities valuable time and non-existent money to defend themselves from such lawsuits, and police departments in those municipalities will have to waste valuable time and non-existent money to try and prove that yes, they have been xenophobic enough in harassing brown people.
For a party desperate to defund government and destroy its ability to serve people, Arizona Republicans may have finally figured out the best way to accomplish that.
Markos' own take on AZ SB1070
Numerous Fox Newsers embrace and defend racial profiling aspect of AZ immigration law
April 24, 2010 5:15 pm ET — 341 Comments
In recent days, numerous Fox News personalities have voiced support for Arizona's new controversial immigration law that requires law enforcement to demand immigration papers of those they suspect to be in the country illegally, which many argue will lead to racial profiling. In doing so, these Fox News figures have embraced and defended the law, including the potential for racial profiling, by arguing, among other things, that "people may have to endure some inconvenience."
Numerous Fox Newsers embrace and defend racial profiling aspect of AZ immigration law
Limbaugh regurgitates claim that undocumented immigrants will be covered under "Obamacare"
Arizona Police Launch First Immigration Crackdown After Law's Passage (VIDEO)
PHOENIX -- Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio launched his latest crime and immigration sweep Thursday, arresting 89 people, with 61 suspected of being undocumented immigrants.
Arpaio, whose tough crackdowns have made him a hero in the anti-illegal immigration community, has conducted 14 of the sweeps since 2008. Critics allege Arpaio's deputies racially profiled Hispanics during the sweeps, but Arpaio says people were approached because deputies had probable cause to believe they had committed crimes.
"We do not go on the street corner and grab people because they look like they're from another country," the self-styled "toughest sheriff in America" told the local ABC affiliate.
The sheriff claimed Wednesday that this latest crime sweep was scheduled weeks ago and was unrelated to Arizona's new anti-immigration law.
Arpaio has lauded the new law, however, saying it gives him new authority to detain undocumented migrants who aren't accused of committing any other crimes.
Arizona Police lead 1st post-passage Immigration Crackdown
See no evil: Hannity, Palin dismiss concerns about racial profiling in AZ law
April 28, 2010 12:35 pm ET — 66 Comments
Fox News figures Sean Hannity and Sarah Palin have rejected concerns that Arizona's new immigration law will lead to racial profiling because the law says police may not "solely" consider "race, color or national origin ... except to the extent permitted by the United States or Arizona Constitution." However, the law does allow for race to be a consideration, and legal experts, as well as several Fox News figures and prominent conservatives, have argued that this will lead to some form of racial profiling.
See no evil: Hannity, Palin dismiss concerns about racial profiling in AZ law
Shep Smith calls AZ immigration law the "breathing while Latino law," says it "sounds a lot like the old 'driving while black' law"
April 27, 2010 3:51 pm ET
From the April 27 edition of Fox News' Studio B:
"Burn the Mexican flag!": A look back at the hateful anti-immigration rhetoric from 2006
In anticipation of the upcoming immigration marches, Media Matters for America has compiled a review of the hateful and outrageous right-wing rhetoric surrounding the immigration debate in 2006.
"Burn the Mexican flag!": A look back at the hateful anti-immigration rhetoric from 2006
Ingraham and Gasparino use "No-Spin Zone" to rail against Rep. Raúl Grijalva and his "idiotic" AZ boycott call
April 27, 2010 9:00 pm ET
From the April 27 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor:
Limbaugh: Obama has more "real enemies" in Arizona than Iran
From the April 29 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbuagh Show:
Rush accuses Obama "regime" of "personal jihad" against Arizona
From the April 27 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:April 27, 2010 12:34 pm ET
GOP Campaign Arm: Fox promotes "poignant," "powerful," and "visionary" English-only campaign ads
From the April 29 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends:
Arizona Newspapers Mixed on Restrictive Immigration Law
April 26, 2010 7:06 am ET by Joe Strupp
The harsh new immigration bill signed into law Friday by Arizona Gov. Jane Brewer has drawn strong criticism from Arizona's two biggest newspapers, while others have offered milder responses.
Key in the criticism is the law's requirement that non-citizens carry proof that they are in the U.S. legally and that authorities check on anyone who does not appear to be American.
The Arizona Republic in Phoenix, the state's largest circulation daily, condemned the law in an editorial Saturday, stating: "The worst effect is its grave potential for causing harm to innocent, taxpaying American citizens who no longer can feel certain of the law's blindness."
The Arizona Daily Star in Tucson did not wait until the law was signed, editorializing back on April 16 against it: "The measure would turn legal residents into police targets, as well as those who are here illegally. It would foment racial profiling of Hispanics. It would interfere with more important police work and it would give free rein to those who use emotional immigration issues for political gain."
Arizona Newspapers Mixed on Restrictive Immigration Law
Nation sports editor Zirin calls for boycott of Arizona Diamondbacks over immigration law
April 25, 2010 5:29 pm ET by Brian Frederick
In a new column on his Edgeofsports.com website, The Nation sports editor and author Dave Zirin calls for supporting a national boycott of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team because of the recently passed Arizona immigration law.
Zirin writes:
This will be the last column I write about the Arizona Diamondbacks in the foreseeable future. For me, they do not exist. They will continue to not exist in my mind as long as the horribly named "Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act" remains law in Arizona. It's a law that has brought echoes of apartheid to the state.
Zirin also draws attention to Arizona Rep. Raúl Grijalva's (D) calls for a boycott of his state. Zirin also writes:
Nation sports editor Zirin calls for boycott of Arizona Diamondbacks over immigration law
Boycott Arizona! ¡Boicot Arizona!