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To find out more about the Arizona immigration law for your discussion, read the
following article and complete the two reading tasks. Then discuss your answers
in class. For tasks 2a and 2b you have a total of 30 minutes.
2a Reading for the main / overall idea
Skim the article focusing on Senator McCain’s attitude towards the Arizona immigration
law and tick the correct answer.
McCain is…
(a) for the Arizona immigration law. 0
(b) undecided as to the Arizona immigration law. 0
(c) against the Arizona immigration law. 0
(d) indifferent as to the Arizona immigration law. 0
McCain’s Position on Arizona's Immigration Law
By Chris Good
April 26 2010
How does John McCain feel about Arizona's controversial new immigration law? He
says it makes sense, given the federal government's failure to secure Arizona's border
with Mexico.
And to those who warn of civil rights violations, McCain says Arizona residents have
had their rights violated by cross-border smuggling and crime.
Arizona's new law, which would allow officers to demand that immigrants show legalization
documents, has caused an uproar, as critics predict it will engender racial profiling.
McCain, who led Congress's last great immigration reform push in 2007, has staked
out a moderate position on immigration during his career, as he has attempted to broker
comprehensive new laws with Democrats – supporting, most notably, a pathway to
citizenship for illegal immigrants.
But McCain has also been a fierce advocate of border security, and that's what we saw
today as the senator gave an impassioned speech on the Senate floor, asserting that
Arizona's hand had been forced by a porous border that has led to human and drug
trafficking, and murder.
"That legislation was enacted by the Arizona legislature and signed by the governor
because of the frustration that the governor and the legislature, and indeed the majority
of my constituents, have incredible frustration over the federal government's failure to
carry out its responsibility to secure our border," McCain said.
"Many viewed this as a civil rights issue. There is no intention whatsoever to violate
anyone's civil rights, but this is a national security issue," McCain said.
McCain called on the Obama administration to send 33,000 border patrol agents, plus
National Guard troops, to the border for security, and to fund a ramped-up security effort.
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