Homework - Students march out of school in protest!

Click HERE to watch the video. Read the story. Answer the questions.

Story:

Arizona (4/22/2010) - The students in the video walked out of their classes last Thursday to protest a new law - law 1070. Law 1070 gives theArizona police the right to question people about their immigration status. If the police have "reasonable suspicion" that a person might be here illegally, then they can stop that person and ask them for their papers to prove that they are legal.

The students were protesting because they say that the only people that are going to get stopped by the police are people of color, especially Latinos. They say that the police are not going to be stopping any white people to ask if they are legal citizens. They say that this law is racist because it will only be used to harass Latinos. The students were hoping that their protest would be noticed by the Governor and that she would veto or stop the law.

The day after the protest (Friday, 4/23), Jan Brenner, the Governor of Arizona chose to sign law 1070. The governor signing the law is the last step before a law starts. The police now have to act on it.

Questions:

1) Where did this story take place?

2) When did this story take place?

3) What does law 1070 give the police?

4) Why were the students protesting?

5) What is the governor of Arizona's name?

6) What day did the governor sign law 1070?

7) What do you think, is law 1070 racist? Why or why not?

Info from Middletown Journal. Video from Fox News (redlasso.com). Pic from cbsnews.com