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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 749660" data-attributes="member: 12952">Texas tourists arrive in Arizona to back SB 1070‘Buycott’ seeks to counter boycott over Arizona lawRhonda BodfieldRoughly 60 people, wearing flip-flops and toting water bottles and&nbsp; generating applause from a small group of onlookers, piled out of a&nbsp; coach bus in front of TownePlace Suites in the middle of the afternoon&nbsp; heat Friday.“Thanks for coming and welcome to Arizona,” said state Republican&nbsp; Rep. Vic Williams, shaking hands with the Texas tourists who have become&nbsp; the latest symbol in the fight over Arizona’s immigration battle.Saying they’re countering the Arizona boycott by groups who say the&nbsp; state’s controversial new immigration law will lead to racial profiling,&nbsp; the bus riders – plus a reported 60 others in a caravan meeting them in&nbsp; Tombstone – came armed with dollars to spend. Several wore T-shirts&nbsp; with “God Bless Arizona” on the front and “Texas supports you,” on the&nbsp; back.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 749660, member: 12952"] [B]Texas tourists arrive in Arizona to back SB 1070[/B] [B] ‘Buycott’ seeks to counter boycott over Arizona law Rhonda Bodfield[/B] Roughly 60 people, wearing flip-flops and toting water bottles and generating applause from a small group of onlookers, piled out of a coach bus in front of TownePlace Suites in the middle of the afternoon heat Friday. “Thanks for coming and welcome to Arizona,” said state Republican Rep. Vic Williams, shaking hands with the Texas tourists who have become the latest symbol in the fight over Arizona’s immigration battle. Saying they’re countering the Arizona boycott by groups who say the state’s controversial new immigration law will lead to racial profiling, the bus riders – plus a reported 60 others in a caravan meeting them in Tombstone – came armed with dollars to spend. Several wore T-shirts with “God Bless Arizona” on the front and “Texas supports you,” on the back. [/QUOTE]

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