However, even in the early 21st century, similarly well-armed vigilante militias were patrolling the United States’ two-thousand-mile border with Mexico.[7][8]
On April 23, 2010, three months after assuming office with the resignation of now-3rd Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Nepolitano, the 22nd Govenor of Arizona, Republican Janice Brewer signed into law Arizona Senate Bill 1070, the “Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act”.[4] SB 1070 requires the police to detain anyone if an officer harbors any suspicion they are in the country without authorization.[5] Since, if any officer does not do so they can be sued by any resident for restricting the enforcement of deportation, and to protect against lawsuits the police must question much question all Latinos whenever an officer interacts with a person of color; SB 1070 appears to mandate racial profiling.[2]
With the explosion in armed militias, which, as it took place at the same time as the election of the nation’s first-ever African-American President, has definitive intonations of racism, and the legalization of racial profiling by law enforcement, the fear exists of violent vigilantism.[6]
On April 23, 2010, three months after assuming office with the resignation of now-3rd Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Nepolitano, the 22nd Govenor of Arizona, Republican Janice Brewer signed into law Arizona Senate Bill 1070, the “Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act”.[4] SB 1070 requires the police to detain anyone if an officer harbors any suspicion they are in the country without authorization.[5] Since, if any officer does not do so they can be sued by any resident for restricting the enforcement of deportation, and to protect against lawsuits the police must question much question all Latinos whenever an officer interacts with a person of color; SB 1070 appears to mandate racial profiling.[2]
With the explosion in armed militias, which, as it took place at the same time as the election of the nation’s first-ever African-American President, has definitive intonations of racism, and the legalization of racial profiling by law enforcement, the fear exists of violent vigilantism.[6]
- Bohn, Kevin. “Gun Sales Surge After Obama’s Election”. CNN. November 11, 2008. http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/11/obama.gun.sales/
- Henig, Jess & Novak, Viveca. “SB1070 Allows For Some Racial Profiling”. Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. June 6, 2010. http://www.factcheck.org/2010/06/arizonas-papers-please-law/
- Holthouse, David. “Ideologues Call For Post-Election Militia Revival”. Southern Poverty Law Center. November 19, 2008. http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2008/11/19/ideologues-call-for-post-election-militia-revival/
- Hsu, Spencers S. & Kornblut, Anne E. “Arizona Governor Signs Immigration Bill, Reopening National Debate”. The Washington Post. Saturday, April 24, 2010. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/23/AR2010042301441.html
- Lacey, Michael. “Arizona Senate Bill 1070 Criminalizes Mexicans”. CityPages. Wednesday, June 6, 2012. http://www.citypages.com/2012-06-06/news/arizona-senate-bill-1070-criminalizes-mexicans/full/
- McKinley, Jessica & Wollan, Malia. “New Border Fear: Violence By A Rogue Militia”. The New York Times. June 26, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/us/27arizona.html?pagewanted=all
- Schleicher, Annie. “Civilian Militia Patrol U.S.-Mexico Border”. NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. April 6, 2005. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/jan-june05/minuteman_4-06.html
- Smith-Spark, Laura. “Vigilantes Set For Mexican Border Patrol”. BBC News. Monday, March 28, 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4384855.stm
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