Arizona lawmakers have plenty of things to do besides considering bills to crack down on illegal immigration, according to the head of the Valley's Anti-Defamation League. Arizona lawmakers have plenty of things to do besides considering bills to crack down on illegal immigration, according to the head of the Valley's Anti-Defamation League.
Bill Strauss, appearing on News/Talk 92-3 KTAR's Jay Lawrence Show, said he is disappointed at the immigration bills surfacing in the Legislature -- including one which would require schools to gather information on students who can't prove they are U.S. citizens.
"I despise it," Strauss said of that bill. "I just think it's unnecessary at a time when we can be concentrating on a lot of other things."
Noting the lawmakers still have no budget within hours of the start of the new fiscal year, Strauss added, "It's not like they have all this time on their hands that they should be conducting ICE's work," referring to the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.