With the stroke of a pen Jan Brewer, the Republican appointed governor of Arizona, signed into law the country's toughest laws on immigration. The law, which will go in effect sometime this August, makes it a crime to not possess proper immigration paperwork and requires police to determine whether people are in the country illegally.
President Obama called the measure a "misguided" piece of legislation that "threatened to undermine basic notions of fairness that we cherish as Americans, as well as the trust between police and their communities that is so crucial to keeping us safe. "
Aside from the immigration legislation, Arizona also passed a couple other nutty laws this week: There was the “birther” bill that requires presidential candidates to prove their citizenship by displaying birth certificates before they can get on the the ballot in that state; and lawmakers passed a new gun law allows anyone (convicted felons) to carry concealed weapons without registration or background checks.
Which brings us to this classic Public Enemy track from almost 20 years ago.
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