The protests over the new Arizona illegal immigration law are getting stronger with each passing day and now they have entered from political arena to courtroom as opponents file lawsuits against the law.
The opponents of the law slammed the new measure and protesters chanted slogans against it at an Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game in Chicago.
A total of three lawsuits have been filed against the law, one by a Tucson police veteran Martin Escobar. The bill was signed last week by Republican Governor Jan Brewer. Opponents argued that the law is unconstitutional and it will lead to racial profiling.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has said that the Barack Obama administration might challenge the law, which authorises the police to question people about their immigration status if they suspect that person is residing in the country illegally.
Meanwhile, Brewer said that it is necessary to implement the law because the federal government has failed to secure the border from illegal immigration and criminal activities.
President Obama has called the law misguided. "I don't want us to do something just for the sake of politics that doesn't solve the problem," Obama had said two days ago.
Colombian singer Shakira yesterday arrived in Phoenix to meet the city's police chief and mayor and expressed her concerns over the new law. "It goes against all human dignity." Shakira said.
Addressing a press conference, Linda Ronstadt, a Tucson native said, "Mexican-Americans are not going to take this lying down." Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin has also denounced the law, saying it "makes no sense."
