Sb 1070 Pros And Cons Essay

Arizona Senate Bill 1070 passed in 2010, the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act—it is very controversial and still is up to today. SB 1070 enable the police officers to check individual are immigration status and detain them if they cannot provide proof of citizenship or legal residency upon request. The stakeholders of this issue are the citizens of Arizona and the immigrants, more on the Mexican decent families or the Latinos. SB 1070 is passed to increase the safety feeling of the citizens, but the minority, especially the Latinos are feared of being racial profiled and harassed by the police officers within their communities. They are also having fear of being reported to immigration authorities because of the past experiences. This means that public health is endangered. Since the bill was pass, a decline of utilization of public assistance and preventative health care routine by the …show more content…
Because of the limited access to health and public assistance, it risks Latino children’s health. They are the less likely to utilize the health care including the well-baby or well-child checkups because of fear. Because Mexican-origin is at risk for poverty, their children will be at-risk for poor developmental and health outcomes. And because they are younger, parental figure is needed to access health care.
SB 1070 has pros and cons. Many question if it really solved anything. The cost of caring illegal immigrants is significant, as we have to provide food stamps, welfare, and education for free. The taxpayers or legal residents of Arizona have to pay for these illegal immigrants needs. Illegal immigrants do not pay or rarely pay taxes when they get job opportunities, so Arizona is suffering from this in turn. It is a complex subject and might be unfair to the immigrants as well as the police officers as they have duty to enforce the law