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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 738946" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>State Senator Russell Pearce and Kris Kobach a professor at the university of Missouri</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 15px">The major sponsor of, and legislative force behind, the bill was State Senator <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Pearce" target="_blank">Russell Pearce</a>, who had long been one of Arizona's most vocal opponents of illegal immigration<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_Our_Law_Enforcement_and_Safe_Neighborhoods_Act#cite_note-wkpo-house-31" target="_blank">[32]</a> and who had successfully pushed through several prior pieces of tough legislation against those he termed "invaders on the American sovereignty".<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_Our_Law_Enforcement_and_Safe_Neighborhoods_Act#cite_note-npr20080312-32" target="_blank">[33]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_Our_Law_Enforcement_and_Safe_Neighborhoods_Act#cite_note-az-p-k-33" target="_blank">[34]</a> Much of the drafting of the bill was done by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Kobach" target="_blank">Kris Kobach</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_Our_Law_Enforcement_and_Safe_Neighborhoods_Act#cite_note-az-p-k-33" target="_blank">[34]</a> a professor at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Missouri%E2%80%93Kansas_City_School_of_Law" target="_blank">University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_Our_Law_Enforcement_and_Safe_Neighborhoods_Act#cite_note-time-bill-34" target="_blank">[35]</a> and a figure long associated with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_for_American_Immigration_Reform" target="_blank">Federation for American Immigration Reform</a> who had written immigration-related bills in many other parts of the country.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_Our_Law_Enforcement_and_Safe_Neighborhoods_Act#cite_note-nyt-legal-35" target="_blank">[36]</a> Pearce and Kobach had worked together on past legislative efforts regarding immigration, and Pearce contacted Kobach when he was ready to pursue the idea of the state enforcing federal immigration laws.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_Our_Law_Enforcement_and_Safe_Neighborhoods_Act#cite_note-az-p-k-33" target="_blank">[34]</a> The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_State_Senate" target="_blank">Arizona State Senate</a> approved an early version of the bill in February 2010.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_Our_Law_Enforcement_and_Safe_Neighborhoods_Act#cite_note-wkpo-house-31" target="_blank">[32]</a> Saying, "Enough is enough," Pearce stated figuratively that this new bill would remove handcuffs from law enforcement and place them on violent offenders.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_Our_Law_Enforcement_and_Safe_Neighborhoods_Act#cite_note-wkpo-law-18" target="_blank">[19]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_Our_Law_Enforcement_and_Safe_Neighborhoods_Act#cite_note-ap042310-36" target="_blank">[37]</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Link</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_Our_Law_Enforcement_and_Safe_Neighborhoods_Act" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_Our_Law_Enforcement_and_Safe_Neighborhoods_Act</a></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 738946, member: 1246"] State Senator Russell Pearce and Kris Kobach a professor at the university of Missouri [FONT=Arial][SIZE=4]The major sponsor of, and legislative force behind, the bill was State Senator [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Pearce"]Russell Pearce[/URL], who had long been one of Arizona's most vocal opponents of illegal immigration[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_Our_Law_Enforcement_and_Safe_Neighborhoods_Act#cite_note-wkpo-house-31"][32][/URL] and who had successfully pushed through several prior pieces of tough legislation against those he termed "invaders on the American sovereignty".[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_Our_Law_Enforcement_and_Safe_Neighborhoods_Act#cite_note-npr20080312-32"][33][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_Our_Law_Enforcement_and_Safe_Neighborhoods_Act#cite_note-az-p-k-33"][34][/URL] Much of the drafting of the bill was done by [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Kobach"]Kris Kobach[/URL],[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_Our_Law_Enforcement_and_Safe_Neighborhoods_Act#cite_note-az-p-k-33"][34][/URL] a professor at the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Missouri%E2%80%93Kansas_City_School_of_Law"]University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_Our_Law_Enforcement_and_Safe_Neighborhoods_Act#cite_note-time-bill-34"][35][/URL] and a figure long associated with the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_for_American_Immigration_Reform"]Federation for American Immigration Reform[/URL] who had written immigration-related bills in many other parts of the country.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_Our_Law_Enforcement_and_Safe_Neighborhoods_Act#cite_note-nyt-legal-35"][36][/URL] Pearce and Kobach had worked together on past legislative efforts regarding immigration, and Pearce contacted Kobach when he was ready to pursue the idea of the state enforcing federal immigration laws.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_Our_Law_Enforcement_and_Safe_Neighborhoods_Act#cite_note-az-p-k-33"][34][/URL] The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_State_Senate"]Arizona State Senate[/URL] approved an early version of the bill in February 2010.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_Our_Law_Enforcement_and_Safe_Neighborhoods_Act#cite_note-wkpo-house-31"][32][/URL] Saying, "Enough is enough," Pearce stated figuratively that this new bill would remove handcuffs from law enforcement and place them on violent offenders.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_Our_Law_Enforcement_and_Safe_Neighborhoods_Act#cite_note-wkpo-law-18"][19][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_Our_Law_Enforcement_and_Safe_Neighborhoods_Act#cite_note-ap042310-36"][37][/URL][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial]Link[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_Our_Law_Enforcement_and_Safe_Neighborhoods_Act[/URL][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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