SB1070 in Retrospect

Alia Beard Rau, from The Arizona Republic, looked into what SB1070 has done in the past three months.  Rau reports that there has been no arrests since the implementation of the law.  Along with this, not one Arizona citizen has sued an officer or police department because of not enforcing the law.  One thing to note, says Rau, is that Phoenix's law enforcement agency refused to report any arrests to the media.  I found this interesting since Apairo is responsible for that district and one of the most staunch advocates of the bill.  Also, Jan Brewer did not comment on the last three months, either.

It is interesting that the supporters of this legislation refused to comment on the last three months, and I feel it indicates some sort of defeat from those key players.  Although many portions went through after Susan Bolton's ruling, I, as an Arizonan citizen, do not even feel effected by the sections in effect.  It will be interesting to see if this law will cause any change in the next year or so because I feel if it does not, it really only functioned as a catalyst to the immigration debate for this election year.