Arizona anti-immigrant extremist Russell Pearce is at it again

The author of Arizona’s anti-immigrant, discriminatory and unconstitutional law (SB1070) is now after U.S.-born children and also bilingual educators who happen to speak English with a heavy accent.

Russell Pearce, de-facto leader of the immigrant-bashing nativists and Republican state senator, is convinced the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution is wrong to grant children born in this country the right to citizenship. Pearce claims our Founding Fathers (and Mothers) never intended for Latino children born in this country to be granted birthright citizenship.

The newly elected president of the Arizona state senate has pledged to introduce a bill this next legislative session requiring the State of Arizona to deny birth certificates to children born in the U.S. and whose parents are undocumented. Mr. Pearce, in case English is not your first language, here is what the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution says:

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

Russell Pearce

If this was not bad enough, the anti-immigrant extremists in Arizona also want to fire bilingual teachers who happen to speak English with an accent. Pearce intends to introduce yet another anti-Latino bill. Instead of addressing - I don't know - real school reform or fix the economy or create jobs, the newly elected Republican leader wants to waste time on his personal, nativist agenda.

These political attacks on American children, students and educators are simply unacceptable. The GOP should stay away from this guy and his tactics. The Grand Old Party, if it continues to associate with and support these "Tancrazy" ideals, will be left vulnerable in future elections. Common-sense Americans and Latinos will not tolerate these extreme views and political attacks on families, children and our freedoms.