Shakira visits Phoenix immigration law difficult

PHOENIX - The Colombian singer Shakira has visited Phoenix on Thursday, meeting with the police chief and the mayor is to meet the needs of a comprehensive new law measures against illegal immigration lead to racial hatred profiling. The Grammy winner said she wanted to learn more about how the law will be implemented if it enters into force, to learn this summer, and meet the Latino community Phoenix. "I have heard in the news, and I thought, 'Wow," Shakira told the Associated Press after a meeting with municipal officials. "It is unfair, and it is inhumane and violates the human rights and civil Latino community … It goes against human dignity, the principles of most Americans I know." The law signed Friday by Governor Brewer in January, is as the toughest illegal immigration into the country and by President Barack Obama, who was criticized its legality into question. The law is a state crime to enter the United States illegally and ordered the police to question people about their immigration status, if they can reasonably be illegal immigrants. "I'm not an expert on the Constitution, but I know that the constitution gives it a reason," Shakira said after a meeting with officials of the city. "It exists to protect people, protect the rights of people in a country with or without papers. We are talking about people here." Shakira has a stop at the State Capitol in downtown Phoenix made, says a group of one hundred members of the community that so few of the laws were in force, it was stopped because he will not have his license in Arizona. "I'm here almost without papers," she told the crowd, shouting his name and took pictures of her with cameras or mobile phones. She called the Congress to work on immigration reform. "No one should be detained because of the color of their skin," she said. The new law met with Arizona on the international scene last week with the leaders of other civil rights and calls for a boycott of the state, and the Mexican government to their citizens about the warning of an "unfavorable political climate" in Arizona. At least three cities in Arizona are considering lawsuits, the law is blocked, and there are two efforts to repeal a referendum on the November vote put on Arizona. Proponents of the law says they must by police in handcuffs and is necessary to protect Arizona, opponents say it will lead to racial profiling endemic. Shakira has also tried, did justice with Brewer during his visit to Phoenix, but said the governor of the schedule was fully booked, "said Trevor Nielson, political and philanthropic adviser singer. Shakira is perhaps best known for his agile dance steps and songs like" Hips Don 't Lie known "and" She-Wolf ", but recently it has become more active in social and political issues. They visited the earthquake Haiti devastated earlier this month, has worked his support for the Cuban dissident group Women and White as a UNICEF Ambassador. Barefoot His foundation provides power to more than 6,000 children in Colombia and is a member of the ALAS foundation that advocates for children in Latin America. Last month, the UN agency for work the singer a medal for his work made available to help poor children. ___ On the Net: Shakira http://www.shakira.com/ Legislature Arizona: Phoenix City Government http://www.azleg.gov/: http://phoenix.gov/mayorcouncil/about/ index.html