We must boycott this draconian neo-apartheid Arizona law

Today, more than 100,000 Angelenos are expected to mark May Day with a protest against a draconian new Arizona statute that essentially amounts to an American version of apartheid South Africa’s infamous pass laws.

It is a measure that not only will deny immigrants, whatever their legal status, equal protection of the law, but also inevitably will involve racial profiling of all Latinos. Its supporters’ claims and the language of the statute notwithstanding, there simply is no way to enforce a law like this one without singling out people whose mere appearance suggests foreign heritage, particularly that of Latin America.