Though the report did not mention some of the more contentious parts of the Arizona law, Brewer sent a letter to Clinton on Friday, calling the State Department report “downright offensive” for contending that blocking the law was a protection of human rights.
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“The idea of our own American government submitting the duly enacted laws of a state of the United States to ‘review’ by the United Nations is internationalism run amok and unconstitutional,” Brewer wrote. “Human rights as guaranteed by the United States and Arizona Constitutions are expressly protected in S.B. 1070 and defended vigorously by my administration.”
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