ACLU is hated by Republicans and conservative Democrats. They must be doing something right, or "Left" in this case!
I used the headline in TPM's front page:
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/Rights groups to challenge Arizona immigration law
AFP
AFP American Edition
Apr 29, 2010 15:25 EDTCivil rights groups said Thursday they would mount a legal challenge to Arizona's new immigration law, which critics say enshrines racial profiling in the border state.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) announced the challenge in front of Arizona's state capitol.
MALDEF president Thomas Saenz told a news conference "a vigorous and sophisticated" legal challenge would seek to "prevent this unconstitutional and discriminatory law from ever taking effect."
The law, signed by Republican Governor Jan Brewer last Friday, allows police to question anyone they believe may be an illegal immigrant, even if they are not suspected of committing a crime.
"This law will only make the rampant racial profiling of Latinos that is already going on in Arizona much worse," said Alessandra Soler Meetze, executive director of the ACLU of Arizona.
"If this law were implemented, citizens would effectively have to carry 'their papers' at all times to avoid arrest.
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2010/04/rights_groups_to_challenge_arizona_immigration_law.php?ref=fpa