By Peter Schmidt Chronicle of Higher Education
Federal officials may be reluctant to wade into the nations hot-button immigration debate but the American Educational Research Association did not hesitate at its recent annual meeting here to declare its opposition to Arizonas controversial new immigration law. In doing so they themselves crossed a frontier between their commitment to promoting solid research and their urge to take public stands on issues.
Signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer on April 23 and set to take effect around the end of July Arizona Senate Bill 1070 calls for state and local police officers to demand proof of legal immigration status of people whom they suspect of being undocumented aliens.
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By Peter Schmidt Chronicle of Higher Education
Federal officials may be reluctant to wade into the nations hot-button immigration debate but the American Educational Research Association did not hesitate at its recent annual meeting here to declare its opposition to Arizonas controversial new immigration law. In doing so they themselves crossed a frontier between their commitment to promoting solid research and their urge to take public stands on issues.
Signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer on April 23 and set to take effect around the end of July Arizona Senate Bill 1070 calls for state and local police officers to demand proof of legal immigration status of people whom they suspect of being undocumented aliens.
To view the full Chronicle of Higher Education article in its entirety please click here.
