No ID in Arizona? You'll get arrested.

[General Zod]

I just thought of another fun little effect this law is going to have. What happens if your wallet gets stolen with your ID inside and you go to the police to report a crime? Congrats Arizona, reporting a crime will now get you arrested.

[jcow79]

Well, and there’s this little effect. Didn’t they promise it wouldn’t affect the economy?
Link

S.F. mayor bans city travel to Arizona in protest of immigration law
Bay City News
Posted: 04/28/2010 08:05:31 AM PDT
Updated: 04/28/2010 08:05:32 AM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Tuesday imposed a moratorium on city employee travel to the state of Arizona for official business and announced the creation of a task force to determine how best to extricate the city from its Arizona-related contracts.
The actions are in response to a new anti-immigration measure signed into law last week by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, and come one day after San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera issued a statement calling the law "draconian" and criticized the state for choosing "to isolate itself from the rest of the nation."
The moratorium is effective immediately as the mayor and others are considering an official city boycott of the state and take steps "to develop a smart and effect boycott that sends the appropriate message to Arizona while protecting the city's financial interests," Newsom said in a prepared statement.
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, Councilwoman Janice Hahn, Newsom's challenger in the November race for the state's lieutenant governor, said she will introduce a resolution calling on the city of Los Angeles to boycott the state of Arizona.
Supervisor David Campos also introduced emergency legislation at Tuesday's board meeting calling for a citywide boycott of the state and Arizona-based businesses because the law "will

inevitably lead to racial profiling," the resolution reads.
The controversial Arizona law makes it a state crime to be in the country illegally and requires police officers to question, "when practicable," those they "reasonably suspect" are illegal immigrants.
Under the new law, even lawful foreign residents would be committing a crime by failing to carry immigration documents, and it would be illegal to stop on a public street to negotiate the hire of day laborers.
In order to work out details regarding the extent of such a boycott, Newsom announced the formation of the Arizona Boycott Workgroup, which brings together the city controller, purchaser and treasurer along with members of the city attorney's office, among others.

[General Zod]

I was just thinking that this would start to seriously affect Arizona's economy. How many big corporations are going to stop doing business in AZ out of concern their employees will get arrested even if they're legal? Especially the international ones?

[Crossroads Inc.]

I was just thinking that this would start to seriously affect Arizona's economy. How many big corporations are going to stop doing business in AZ out of concern their employees will get arrested even if they're legal? Especially the international ones?

Its basically what happened with MLK day all over again...

For those that don't remember, Arizonas most hard headed and openly Bigoted Governor Evan Mecham Canceled MLK day in Arizoan leading to a country wide boycott and the loss of millions.

OF course back then Arizona was Ironically LESS conservative then it is now and his actions doomed him in the long run. Now Jan Brewer has approval ratings over 70% for most Arizonas even though she will still end up costing us millions from the boycott.

[jcow79]

Well hey, their plan is to discourage illegals from coming to Arizona. Sounds to me like it's working. Just so happens it discourages everyone else as well.

*grammar edit