Arizona’s Controbution to the New Economy: “I’m Getting Arrested” App Aims to Help Undocumented Immigrants

New America Media reports that a group of pro-immigrant rights activists in Arizona aim to develop a smartphone application that would help immigrants notify friends, family and their attorney if they are detained and arrested during a traffic stop. Arizona is the home of the immigration enforcement measure known as SB 1070, which is now before the Supreme Court. A recent Department of Justice investigation on racial profiling of Latinos by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office found that Latinos were four to nine times more likely to be pulled over in a traffic stop than non-Latinos.

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