Racial preferences opponents in Arizona attempted to put language on the November 2008 ballot to amend the state constitution to bar their government from discriminating against or granting preferences to individuals based on race in government employment, education, or contracting. Unfortunately, they didn’t collect enough signatures to qualify.
Senator Russell Pearce, who authored Arizona’s SB 1070, the bill that basically eliminates all sanctuary policies in the state and makes it illegal for illegal aliens to remain in the state, also supports Proposition 107. The measure, which would amend the state constitution, reads:
“This state shall not discriminate against or grant preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education or public contracting.”
Fortunately, this measure will appear on the November 2010 ballot.
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