While there are obvious differences between the situation in Arizona and in Israel-Palestine — not the least of which is the fact that Arizona is not an illegally occupied territory of the United States — the similarities are nonetheless striking. Both policies represent an open invitation to sweeping racial profiling, exclusion, and arbitrary detention. Both laws pander to the far right-wing of the domestic political spectrum. Both are rooted in a racist understanding of nationhood that views outsiders as the inferior "Other." And, most importantly, both are illegal under national and international law.
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