I knew Arizona's SB 1070 would be controversial when I introduced it, but I did not expect the national immigration debate to revolve around a state law. While the anti-American open-borders Left attack me and the law as 'racist,' 'nativist' and their other empty smear words, the vast majority of the people of Arizona and America support the law.

3 million illegal immigrants in less than a year. Russell K. He disagrees with the compact's failure to differentiate between legal and illegal immigration.

Russell K. He was elected President of the Arizona Senate when the Senate began its current term in January 2011 but then suffered a dramatic reversal of fortune when he was ousted in a November 2011 recall election the first legislator in Arizona history to be so removed. Prior to his election to the Arizona Senate in 2008 Pearce served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2001-2009 and worked in law enforcement for over 20 years.