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“This isn’t about immigration, it’s about discrimination,” says Center founder Rabbi Hier
The Simon Wiesenthal Center expressed disappointment that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed into law a bill that among other things makes it a state crime to be in the country illegally andrequires local law enforcement to determine an individual's legal status and arrest without warrant a person if there is “reasonable suspicion” that he or she is in the U.S. illegally.
“This isn’t about immigration, it’s about discrimination,” said Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of the Wiesenthal Center. “We should not forget that we’re a nation of immigrants. This lawmakes no sense-- it guarantees and stigmatizes people of color as second-class citizens and exposes them to intimidation and the use of racial profiling as a weapon of bias,” he concluded.
As part of its Tools for Tolerance® diversity programs, the Wiesenthal Center’s Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles and New York Tolerance Center in Manhattan include training law enforcementprofessionals across the country to address difficult questions and concerns over racial profiling. Law enforcement agencies across Arizona have participated in this program.
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