Above, Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich.Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich called the proposed boycott of the state of Arizona over its new immigration enforcement law "stupid."
The proposal by Supervisor Gloria Molina is a typical knee-jerk reaction by liberals. They've thrown up phoney issues such as "profiling" and "free speech violations." The law does nothing of the kind.
Molina's proposal would "ban most county travel to Arizona and cut off future business with the state."
Antonovich stated in his press release, "As elected officials, we take an oath to uphold the federal and state constitutions. To boycott a state for enforcing our federal laws is in direct violation of that oath. The propaganda by both the media and others is intentionally misleading because Arizona's law mirrors federal law."
Antonovich added, "This knee jerk reaction to support law breakers at the expense of law-abiding legal immigrants and other residents is irresponsible. A divestment and a boycott is a disingenuous show of perceived political correctness that will only backfire and will shoot us in the heart -- not in the foot."
The Arizona immigration law goes into effect in July. It encourages police to check the immigration status of people that are detained or arrested.
The L.A. County Board of Supervisors is dominated by liberals with only Don Knabe as the only other conservative on the Board with Antonovich.
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