It’s now been a little over two weeks since Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed the odious anti-immigrant state law SB 1070. The law criminalizes undocumented immigrants, along with anyone who associates with or aids them in any way, from giving an undocumented child a ride to school to offering prenatal medical services to an undocumented woman. Most alarmingly, SB 1070 requires police and all government employees to detain people based on “reasonable suspicion” that they are undocumented immigrants.

This latter clause has become widely known as “breathing while Brown.”

If you are or appear to be Latino/Latina, you are subject to arrest. Your very existence is a crime. (more…)