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JonLP24

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Fri Jul 20, 2012, 02:54 PM Jul 2012

ACLU: Pearce e-mails prove SB1070 was racially motivated

The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona has released thousands of e-mails that it says proves Arizona's controversial immigration law was racially motivated.

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The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two-and-a-half times that of non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the U.S."

"The birth rate among illegal immigrants is substantially higher than the population at large."

"Last week, Denver's illegal aliens sang our national anthem in Spanish and bastardized the words of OUR country's most sacred song."

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2012/07/19/20120719sb-1070-pearce-aclu-emails.html#ixzz21BsIGJUA

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