Friday, October 28, 2011

Boycott in Arizona over new immigration law

In early 2010 after Arizona signed into effect  its new Immigration law, hundreds of people, organizations, and even cities enacted a boycott against the state of Arizona. Civil rights leaders called out for the ban, a coalition called boycott Arizona was formed, and cities such as San Fransisco and Los Angeles have declared ends to deals and contract with Arizona. Conventions throughout Arizona were canceled and moved to other states and people were discourged from going to Suns and Diamond back games.Tourism, which is one of Arizona's largest industries, was also been boycotted.


The boycott was similar to a tourism boycott put into place in the 1980s after Arizona refused to recognize MLK day as a national holiday. After millions of dollars in losses the holiday was recognized.


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