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Immigration Pros And Cons
American society has been facing a lot of issues regarding immigration recently. Particularly, Latino Americans have continuously got quite the attention in America, especially in Arizona. In regards to Arizona's 2010 immigration bill, it seems to be very controversial. Huerta (2011), author of "Arizona's Immigration Law Is Racist," has an opposing view in comparison to Maiman (2011), who wrote the article titled ”Arizona's Immigration Law Is Not Racist."
Arizona's bill, according to Huerta (2011), contains racial profiling. In short, this bill can allow police to suspect someone as being undocumented, which has typically applied to Latino Americans (2011). On the other hand, Maiman believes this bill does not contain racism because it concerns

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