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San Francisco Calls for Boycott of Ariz. Over Immigration Law

Updated: Monday, 26 Apr 2010, 4:26 PM MDT
Published : Monday, 26 Apr 2010, 4:26 PM MDT

By JULIANA BARBASSA Associated Press Writer

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- San Francisco city officials called Monday for a boycott of Arizona and businesses based there to protest that state's strict new immigration law.

City Attorney Dennis Herrera compared San Francisco's opposition to the measure to its stance against apartheid in South Africa, the oppression of Catholics in Northern Ireland, and discrimination against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

"San Francisco has always taken a leadership role in issues of moral importance," Herrera said.

Arizona's new legislation, signed into law Friday, makes being in the country illegally a crime punishable by six months in jail and a $2,500 fine.

His teams will start determining which contracts between the city and county of San Francisco and Arizona could be severed without penalty, Herrera said. It is unclear how many businesses that could affect.

This tactic has been used against Arizona before with success, Herrera said.

Arizona was one of the last states to adopt a holiday honoring Martin Luther King -- a reluctance that led to a boycott in the 1980s that cost the city hundreds of conventions and the Super Bowl XXVII, in 1993. The pressure, and the financial pinch, led the state to put the holiday on the ballot. Voters approved the measure, making Martin Luther King Day a holiday.

Steps like the one proposed by San Francisco would remind the state's lawmakers their decision could have economic and political consequences, Herrera said.

City supervisors also spoke against the Arizona law. Before a cheering crowd, they promised to introduce a resolution calling for a citywide boycott of Arizona.

"We are not going to use our city resources to support that law," said supervisor David Campos, who is himself an immigrant from Guatemala.

A rally outside City Hall called for immigration reform and applauded the city officials' stance.

Protesters and other opponents of the law said it would lead to racial profiling, and only a path to legalization would shield immigrants from abuses that could be committed under this law. Supporters have dismissed those concerns, arguing it is against the law to use race or nationality as the only reasons for an immigration check.

But the dozens of San Francisco residents said this new measure fostered a fear that rippled beyond Arizona's borders.

"There is too much unfairness toward Latinos," said protester Celida Ruiz, 39, a mother of six originally from El Salvador. "This law in Arizona hurts us all very much -- the ones in Arizona, but us here as well, if we don't stand up to it."

http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/im ... -4-26-2010

Go ahead and boycott. There are more of us that believe in the law so we can make up the difference. Maybe Americans will vacation there this year... maybe we will boycott you San Francisco!

The reaction to the AZ law has been total hysteria.

City Attorney Dennis Herrera compared San Francisco's opposition to the measure to its stance against apartheid in South Africa, the oppression of Catholics in Northern Ireland, and discrimination against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

Comparisons like this are exaggerated over-generalizations that feed rumors and misinformation. City officials that spread propaganda like this should be removed from office.

"San Francisco has always taken a leadership role in issues of moral importance," Herrera said.

On the contrary. San Francisco leads the country in leftist weirdness that most of the rest of the U.S. rate as negative characteristics.

This has as much clout as mejico's president slamming the law......SO??

I really don't think we will notice if S.F. boycotts.

Officials in SF sanctuary city should be in jail according to Fed law for aiding and abetting illegal aliens and activity!!

San Fran should be worried about a backlash boycott of its city.

The point of the "Anti-ILLEGALImmigration Law" is that all ILLEGALS boycott the state!!

Now since other states function as Sanctuaries for the ILLEGALS they should be prepared for more ILLEGALS; of course most states don't seem to have enough jobs for all of our ILLEGALS now wondering the streets looking for trouble. I can see other States' ILLEGALS wanting the borders of their ILLEGAL "resident states" defended from the ARIZONA ILLEGALS!

SF is already looking at having to pay millions to the Bologna family whose father and son were gunned down by an illegal gangbanger the city had coddled. How much more will this latest stunt cost them?