Hello, my name is Linda. I live in Arizona along the Mexico border. Here is the truth about the Arizona law and situation. First of all, we already have in our Federal law a requirement that all non-citizens have to carry their documentation with them at all times. That is a Federal law that has been on the books a long time. Secondly, our Arizona law merely gives police the right to enforce that law within the state. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RACE. When anyone, of any race, drives through a Federal Border Patrol checkpoint on our highways, he or she is stopped and questioned about citizenship. This is a Federal practice that has been going on for a long time. Everyone gets stopped, regardless of race. As for our Arizona law, it prohibits cases being brought to our Attorney General solely on the basis of race. The bill, therefore, clearly makes racial profiling NOT a part of this law. Third, 87 percent of people crossing into the United States from Mexico have a prior criminal record with an average of six convictions. SIX. These are not people coming to work on farms. 9 out of 10 people who come here have criminal pasts. Four, people cross our borders from OVER 100 COUNTRIES. We certainly are not racist against 100 different nationalities. The law is not about race. It is about crime. Many of our police are Hispanic. They do not want these criminals in our state either. The Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce opposes a boycott of Arizona. They understand this law while most people who oppose it don't even live in Arizona nor have they read the law (Janet Napolitano, former Gov. of AZ admitted she did not read the law nor did AG Eric Holder). Five, the Obama Administration might want open borders so his friends from The Nation of Islam (Wright, Farrakhan, et al) can cross over. Six, Obama's own aunt has been in the US illegally. 7.) The Admin. wants to divide the US.