On August 1st, The Los Angeles Times asked: “Arizona was once tolerant of illegal immigrants. What happened?” Authors Anna Gorman and Nicholas Riccardi go on to report:

Arizona has made a name for itself as the state with the harshest policies against illegal immigration. But as few as six years ago, this border state was among the nation’s most welcoming of illegal immigrants.
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Since 2004, Arizona legislators have passed measures that restricted illegal immigrants from receiving in-state tuition, made English the official language and dissolved any business that repeatedly hired illegal immigrants.
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But one factor influencing the state in profound ways was

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CNN reporter Lateef Mungin leads off a July 22 piece entitled “Arizona Immigration Law Faces Federal Challenge Thursday,” by writing:

The Obama administration’s challenge to the controversial Arizona immigration law goes before a federal judge Thursday.

That seems straight enough. But is it really fair that the media constantly characterizes the immigration law as “controversial”?

A poll conducted by Quinnipac last week found that 50 percent of Americans back Arizona’s law compared to 30 percent who opposed it. Other polls have found even higher levels of support for Arizona’s efforts. The Quinnipac poll also found that, by … Continue Reading