{"id":563,"date":"2010-05-02T20:39:26","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T01:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bnhr.org\/?p=563"},"modified":"2010-05-02T20:39:26","modified_gmt":"2010-05-03T01:39:26","slug":"el-paso-times-column-on-sb1070","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/el-paso-times-column-on-sb1070\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso Times Column on SB1070"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 id=\"articleTitle\">Ram\u00c3\u00b3n Renter\u00c3\u00ada: Arizona&#8217;s immigrant law raises a ruckus<\/h1>\n<p><!--subtitle--><!--byline--><\/p>\n<div id=\"articleByline\"><a href=\"mailto:rrenteria@elpasotimes.com?subject=El%20Paso%20Times:%20Ram%C3%B3n%20Renter%C3%ADa:%20Arizona%27s%20immigrant%20law%20raises%20a%20ruckus\">By Ram\u00c3\u00b3n Renter\u00c3\u00ada \/ El Paso Times<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--date--><\/p>\n<div id=\"articleDate\">Posted:\u00c2\u00a005\/02\/2010 12:00:00 AM MDT<\/div>\n<p><!--secondary date-->EL PASO &#8212; What are the blankety-blank leaders in Arizona smoking now?<\/p>\n<div id=\"articleBody\">\n<div id=\"articleViewerGroup\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n                \t\t\t\t\tvar requestedWidth = 0;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\t\t\tif(requestedWidth < 200){\n\t\t\t\trequestedWidth = 200;\n\t\t\t}\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n                \t\t\t\tif(requestedWidth > 0){\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.width = requestedWidth + \"px\";\n                \t\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.margin = \"0px 0px 10px 10px\";\n                \t\t\t\t}\n\/\/ ]]><\/script>Did they all get stung by an angry saguaro cactus?<\/p>\n<p>Once upon a time, we zipped across the Arizona desert in the middle of the night on the way to L.A. Our t\u00c3\u00ados always said if we crossed at night, the family clunker might not overheat.<\/p>\n<p>Now, people are saying that Mexicans and anybody else who looks Mexican is at risk of being racially profiled in Arizona, a former colony of Mexico. That the police may soon stop us and ask for credentials that prove we&#8217;re legal. Hijole no.<\/p>\n<p>The news said the Arizona governor thumbed her nose at the United States Constitution and signed an annoying law called SB 1070, supposedly the most anti-immigrant piece of legislation passed in the United States in decades.<\/p>\n<p>All the raza is up in arms, threatening boycotts and organizing protests. SB 1070 is muy caliente on television, radio talk shows and opinion pages and at dinner tables.<\/p>\n<p>Even the Mexican government issued an advisory warning Mexicans visiting, residing or studying in Arizona to exercise extreme caution even though the law is not yet in effect.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, two famous Arizona homeboys &#8212; C\u00c3\u00a9sar Ch\u00c3\u00a1vez and Apache chief Cochise &#8212; must be doing somersaults in their graves.<\/p>\n<p>Sitting around the beer cooler, some of us wondered whether you might baffle Arizona profilers if you&#8217;re a blue-eyed Mexican g\u00c3\u00bcero from San Luis Potos\u00c3\u00ad. 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It&#8217;s too hot, anyway.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Vieja, forget that Grand Canyon vacation you&#8217;ve been dreaming about. We&#8217;re going to Salt Lake City &#8212; wherever that is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you insist on driving through Arizona, wear a business suit, minimize the accent and ditch the sideburns, super-pointed boots and huaraches. You definitely don&#8217;t want to look like Vicente Fernandez.<\/p>\n<p>If you stop in Phoenix while flying, stay in your inexpensive seat. If suspicious-looking law officers board the plane, start talking like you&#8217;re from India.<\/p>\n<p>Call your t\u00c3\u00ado in Tucson and tell him the family reunion this summer is going to be in Lordsburg, N.M.<\/p>\n<p>Travel at night through Arizona so the cops can&#8217;t tell if you look &#8220;reasonably suspicious.&#8221; If you get stopped and detained, tell them you definitely don&#8217;t want to spend a week wearing pink underwear for that wacko in Maricopa County.<\/p>\n<p>What about los indios de Arizona? They look a bit toasted like us. Just curious: To what country do you deport Native Americans?<\/p>\n<p>Arizona&#8217;s state motto is &#8220;Ditat Deus&#8221; or &#8220;God Enriches.&#8221; Perhaps the governor should add another line:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those who embrace &#8212; not divide &#8212; people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ram\u00c3\u00b3n Renter\u00c3\u00ada may be reached at rrenteria@elpasotimes.com;546-6146.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ram\u00c3\u00b3n Renter\u00c3\u00ada: Arizona&#8217;s immigrant law raises a ruckus By Ram\u00c3\u00b3n Renter\u00c3\u00ada \/ El Paso Times Posted:\u00c2\u00a005\/02\/2010 12:00:00 AM MDT EL PASO &#8212; What are the blankety-blank leaders in Arizona smoking now? 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