PHOENIX (Reuters) – With new Arizona state measures against illegal immigrants, Guatemalan Samuel Roldan change the family Chevy Suburban for a Nissan, which in his opinion is not characteristic of low-income immigrants.
Roland was among the estimated 460,000 illegal immigrants in Arizona-Mexico border state, which evaluates its options on Monday, three days after Governor Jan Brewer immigration law enacted tougher United States.
“The old have a car (covered) with stickers of a Spanish radio station (…) is logical to think that you”re Hispanic and you do not have papers” said Roland.
Ready to go into effect 90 days after the suspension of the legislative session in Arizona, the Republican-backed measure requires state and local police to determine if people are in the country legally. Critics say the law opens the door to differentiate people by their racial profiling.
The law, which also makes it a felony to transport illegal immigrants and contract workers per day foreigners, created pressure on the undocumented workforce in Arizona, the main corridor for illegal immigrants from Mexico.
Some, like Roland, 34, who has a steady job at a store and three daughters born in America who go to schools in Phoenix, plan to stay in Arizona, lower profile and wait to see how the law affects them.
Others, such as temporary worker Jesus Aguilar, 52, said the measure would leave little choice but to leave Arizona and seek their fortunes elsewhere.
“As the law says that people who hire undocumented the day will be fined, no one wants us (hire), “said Aguilar, who early on Monday was among the two dozen migrants who sought work in a construction site in north Phoenix.
“We are thinking of going to Utah or New Mexico (…) This is too racist,” he said.
The law raised fears that Hispanics are differentiated by racial profiling and the police will actively pursue illegal immigrants, who are estimated to reach 10.8 million in the U.S. and are the backbone of an economy in the shadows.
is also expected to trigger a challenge legal and has become a contentious issue ahead of November”s congressional elections, when Democrats try to defend their majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States.
Immigrants who spoke to Reuters on Monday said they would wait an appropriate time to see how the law is implemented in the coming months, before taking a radical decision.
During that time, Roland said he Gladys and his wife would stay at home as long as possible to minimize your exposure to the police before deciding whether they should change their state.
“We have some boxes lists (. ..) so we”re prepared, “he said.
(Published in Spanish by Marion Giraldo)
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