Immigrant Laws' Effects On the Asian Community

After watching the video reported by Sandra Endo, “CNN: Immigration law worries Asians”, I searched more news about the immigration law talked about in the video. The Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act was signed on April 23, 2010 by Governor of Arizona. This act is asking aliens to register with the U.S. government and they should bring the registration documents with them all times ("Arizona SB 1070", n.d.). If the violation of this fact occurred, it would be a federal misdeanor crime ("Arizona SB 1070", n.d.). For me, there is a controversial issue addressed from this law, reasonable suspicion of immigrant status. How could the government decide which people should be checked? If it is based on the “reasonable suspicion”, what is the rule for it, simply as the color of the skin? From the video, I could see that there are negative effects on Asian community in Arizona by this law. A resident who has blood relationship of Chinese and Spanish, said that he’s already feeling to be targeted in (Sandra Endo). He is a legal resident of America; however, he should be checked because he looks like an alien. This immigrant law would become the white supremacy if the reasonable suspicion of immigrant status is based on the color of skin. Although there are people who are illegal to stay in the U.S. from Asian; however, I believe that most of people in the Asian community are legal residents. Then it is not fair to suspect and check their immigrant status. Also, on the other hand, it seems that if people are illegal immigrants but with white skin, they might not be checked by the government. This unfair phenomenon proved that this immigrant law is part of white supremacy.

-- By Xixiao Hu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmWY63udrKU Sandra Endo. “CNN: Immigration law worries Asians” Youtube. 29 July 2010. Web. 6 Feb. 2013.

Wikipedia contributors. "Arizona SB 1070." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 6 Feb. 2013. Web. 6 Feb. 2013.
“Protesters Denounce SB 1070.” Photograph. Webshots. Campus Progress, 4 June. 2010. Web. 6 Feb. 2013.