Spring 2010
Committee:
Governmental Relations Committee
Whereas, The California Community College System values diversity, cultural awareness, and equality for the student experience;
Whereas, Arizona SB 1070 calls for police in that state to use “reasonable suspicion” to question and detain possible undocumented immigrants;
Whereas, This provision under Arizona’s SB 1070 legalizes racial profiling of people in the Latino community and violates the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution; and
Whereas, Many states are taking interest in legislation such as Arizona’s SB 1070 and if such legislation took effect in California, it would affect 36.6% of the California population that is Latino/Hispanic, many of whom go to community college to receive an education;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges advocate against such legislation being introduced in California.
Whereas, Arizona SB 1070 calls for police in that state to use “reasonable suspicion” to question and detain possible undocumented immigrants;
Whereas, This provision under Arizona’s SB 1070 legalizes racial profiling of people in the Latino community and violates the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution; and
Whereas, Many states are taking interest in legislation such as Arizona’s SB 1070 and if such legislation took effect in California, it would affect 36.6% of the California population that is Latino/Hispanic, many of whom go to community college to receive an education;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges advocate against such legislation being introduced in California.
Status
Ongoing.