I-Arizona ithathe enye into ngoLwesithathu njengoko amaRiphabhlikhi evotela ikhaya lendibano yabo ye-2012. UPhoenix wenze uluhlu olufutshane kodwa waphulukana neTampa.
Akothusi kangako amagosa ezokhenketho eArizona. Ukusukela oko urhulumente wapasisa owona mthetho unzima wesizwe wokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe kwiiveki ezintathu ezidlulileyo, ishishini lentlanganiso kunye nemisitho liye lehla kakhulu.
Amaqela alwela amalungelo abantu base-Hispanic ayayigxotha i-Arizona kwaye abongoza abanye ukuba benze okufanayo. Amagosa kwiBhunga leSizwe laseLa Raza, elinye lamaqela aqhuba uqhankqalazo, acele ngasese iRNC ukuba ingadibani ePhoenix.
Isixeko sisemngciphekweni wokuphulukana ne-90 yezigidi zeedola kwishishini lehotele nakwindibano kule minyaka mihlanu izayo ngenxa yempikiswano, ngokoqikelelo lwesixeko olukhutshwe ngoLwesithathu. Umbutho wehotele kunye neendawo zokuhlala ubale iintlanganiso ezirhoxisiweyo ezingama-23 ngelahleko ephakathi kwe-6 kunye ne-10 yezigidi zeedola. NgoLwesithathu, iLos Angeles yaba sesona sixeko sikhulu ukuzimanya nolu lwalo.
Ukukhetha iPhoenix kuya kuba yimpikiswano phakathi kweRiphabhlikhi. Umgqatswa weSenate yaseFlorida uMarco Rubio, udumo lwakhe ludweliswe njengenye yezizathu zokuba abantu baseRiphabhlikhi bakhethe uTampa, uthe umthetho ubeka amapolisa aseArizona “kwimeko enzima kakhulu.”
"Inokwakhetha ngokungekho ngqiqweni abantu abalapha ngokusemthethweni, kubandakanya abemi abaninzi baseMelika," utshilo uRubio kwingxelo emva kokuba umthetho uwisiwe.
Ingcali yaseRiphabhlikhi uKarl Rove ukwathe unqwenela ukuba umthetho ungawiswanga.
USihlalo weNdibano yeSizwe yaseRiphabhlikhi yase-Hispanic u-Alci Maldonado akazange athethe ngomthetho wase-Arizona kodwa wathi ngaphambi kokuba kuvotwe ukuba iFlorida lelona “lizwe laseRiphabhlikhi yase-Hispanic esizweni.”
I-Arizona Republicans, kuquka i-Gov. Jan Brewer, baye bema ngokuqinileyo emva komthetho wabo wokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe njengesixhobo esiyimfuneko sokujongana nokufuduka ngokungekho mthethweni. Uye watyhalela ngasemva ngokuchasene nokwaywa, ngakumbi ikhwelo lokuba iMajor League baseball itsalele ngaphandle komdlalo we-All-Star wowama-2011.
Abanini be-MLB, abangakhange bathethe malunga nokwayikiswa, baqala intlanganiso yekota yeentsuku ezimbini eNew York kule veki. Akukho zinto zibalulekileyo kwi-ajenda, kodwa abameli bokwaywa banethemba lokuba iya kuxoxwa.
"Unomdlalo othandwa ngabantu baseLatino, nokuba ungumfuduki osandul 'ukuzalwa okanye uzelwe, i-Latinos ibona i-baseball kumdlalo wabo," kusho uClarissa Martinez De Castro, umlawuli wokufuduka kunye namaphulo esizwe kwi-NCLR. "Umbuzo ngulo: Njengomdlalo bame phi?"
Umbutho wabadlali be-MLB uphume ngokuchasene nomthetho, njengoko kunjalo nePhoenix Suns. Eli qela linxibe iijezi zalo ze-“Los Suns” kwiveki ephelileyo ngokukodwa ukutyhala ngokuchasene nomthetho wombuso. Isigqibo sivela kumnini weqela uRobert Sarver, ocebise ukuba abadlali banxibe iNoche Latina yabo.
I-Arizona kunye neBrewer yacaphukisa ngakumbi amaqela aseSpanishi ngoLwesibini ebusuku ngokusayina umthetho oyilwayo othintela ukufundiswa kweeklasi zezifundo zobuhlanga kwizikolo zikarhulumente. Lo mthetho usayilwayo, HB 2281, uya kuvalela izikolo kwiiklasi zokufundisa ezenzelwe abafundi bohlanga oluthile, ukhuthaze inzondo okanye ukhuthaze umanyano lobuhlanga ngokuphatha abafundi njengabantu ngabanye.
Umthetho oyilwayo wabhalelwa ukujolisa kwiChicano okanye inkqubo yezifundo zaseMexico yaseMelika kwinkqubo yesikolo saseTucson, utshilo uNtsumpa woMyalelo kaRhulumente uTom Horne kudliwanondlebe neLos Angeles Times.
Izifundo zobuhlanga zifundiswa kwizikolo eziphakamileyo nakwiikholeji kulo lonke ilizwe, kwaye ziyinxalenye yekharityhulamu yaseTucson.