Congresswoman: White supremacists behind Arizona immigration law
Posted: 06/02/2010 11:24:29 AM PDT

WHITTIER - Rep. Linda Sanchez told a local Democratic Club Tuesday that she believes the white supremacist groups were behind the Arizona law on immigration.

"The Arizona laws are not a mistake," said Sanchez, D-Lakewood, referring to Arizona's S.B. 1070, that requires police enforcing another law to question a person about his or her immigration status if there is "reasonable suspicion" that the person is in the United States illegally and makes it a state crime to be in the country illegally.

"They're not accidental or one person's crazy idea.". "There's a concerted effort behind promoting these kinds of laws on a state-by-state basis by people who have ties to white supremacy groups," Sanchez said.

"It's been documented. It's not mainstream politics. (Legislators) are being approached by folks, who are front organizations who are white supremacist hate groups. They propose the language of these bills and get people to carry these bills in the state legislatures," she said.

Sanchez spoke before about 20 members of the Mark Twain Democratic Club's dinner meeting at Mimi's Cafe.

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