SB 1070 Supporters and White Supremacists Raise $3.6 Million for Legal Costs

http://immigration.change.org/blog/view/sb_1070_supporters_and_white_supremacists_raise_36_million_for_legal_costs

By: Danny Rangel
"Since the passage of the now infamous SB 1070 in Arizona last April, about 41,000 people from across the nation, in every state in the union and Puerto Rico, have put together $3.6 million to ensure the survival of racial profiling.
According to a report by the Christian Science Monitor, the state of Arizona has withdrawn $440,000 from the legal defense fund so far. But the governor will soon have to revisit the fund's millions, because that 400K went to only the last days of May and the month of June.
It is uncertain whether Governor Brewer will eventually run out of private funding for the state's growing legal costs, but considering the impassioned nature of the fund's contributors, anything is possible. The largest contributor to the fund comes in the form of a Wyoming tycoon named Timothy Mellon, who contributed a whopping $1.5 million. The next largest contribution is quite a few steps down at $5,000.
Other contributors to the fund range from disgruntled Arizona residents, bizarrely zealous New Englanders, and disturbingly influential hate groups. According to a report by Time Magazine, more Arizonans contribute to the fund than anyone else in the country, which shouldn't be surprising. However, in terms of actual dollars, the rest of the country actually contributes far more. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, hate groups have lined up in defense of SB 1070, contributing to the state's fund in earnest. White supremacist party American Third Position, whose official mission is to "represent the political interests of White Americans," contributed to the fund, along with white nationalist forum stormfront.org.
In addition to Brewer's legal defense, some have been contributing to Arizona's other famous anti-immigrant enforcer. Robert Acheson of Dixfield, Maine, a tiny enclave 2,800 miles away from the southern border and boasting a white population of over 98% with a Hispanic population of 0.3%, contributed to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's re-election campaign. Why would a citizen of Maine who has no affiliation with any political organizations in Arizona, has never stepped foot in Arizona, and whose hometown has a Hispanic population he can count off with his fingers contribute to one of the most controversial figures in America's immigration debate?"

Support groups and people that are for the bill join forces and raise funds to support the bill. They are basically investing time and money into the concens of their fellow white people. This money is used to enforce this bill by the stopping of illegal immigrants, and ultimately racial profiling as well. This has been a huge anti-immigrant movement that has caught the attention of many.