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Costa Rica Joins Fight Against Arizona’s SB 1070

Posted July 27, 2010 by Leslie Josephs
Categories: Federal Immigration Policy

Costa Rica’s government has joined the fight against Arizona’s contentious SB 1070 immigration law. The Foreign Ministry announced last week that the Costa Rican Embassy in Washington presented an amicus brief, to a federal district court in Arizona, arguing that the law means “racial profiling and unequal treatment” for Costa Ricans. The brief was meant to support the case that the U.S. Justice Department filed against the law, earlier this month.

“Costa Rica, faithful to its tradition as a promoter and defender of human rights, is joining calls against discrimination of immigrants in the United States,” said the Foreign Ministry in a statement.

Mexico’s legislature last week said 10 nations—Uruguay, Panama, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guatemala, Cuba, Turkey, Senegal, Micronesia and Ghana – had expressed support against the law, which has been slammed by immigrants and human rights activists, who argue it will increase racial profiling.

Costa Rica, unlike its Central American neighbors, is comparatively economically stable and has a small immigrant population in the United States. It is a recipient country of immigrants, mainly from its poorer neighbor to the north, Nicaragua.

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