After a heated debate, the Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Tuesday to ban new contracts with Arizona-based companies and review those that could be canceled.
The county has more than $26 million in contracts with Arizona companies this year.
The cities of Los Angeles, Oakland and San Francisco passed similar measures.
The Arizona law requires police enforcing another law to question people about their immigration status if there is reason to suspect they are in the country illegally.
SUITS TARGETING LAW GROWING
The city of Tucson has joined a lawsuit by one of its police officers to block Arizona's immigration enforcement law.
The suit was filed in late April in U.S. District Court in Tucson on behalf of Tucson police officer Martin Escobar.
It alleges the new law violates numerous constitutional rights, could hinder some police investigations, and violates federal law because Tucson police and the city have no authority to perform immigration duties.
KGUN-TV reports that Tucson's filing asks the federal court to intervene to stop the scheduled July 29 implementation of the law.
Meanwhile, a satirical music video about immigration called ``Come to the USA,'' by singer Ray Stevens, is gaining attention online. Stevens ends the video by saying the song is dedicated to the ``hardworking American citizens who were born in other countries and chose to 'Come to the USA' the right way.''
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