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PHOENIX (Reuters) – The governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer, issued on Friday the toughest immigration law in the United States, which was described by President Barack Obama as an effort “wrong” which highlights the need for reform country.

The state police the border with Mexico may from now to determine whether an alien is illegally in the country if there are “reasonable suspicion”, which according to critics of the law opens the door to differentiate people by their racial profiling.

Immigration is an issue that has been subject to bitter debates in the United States, where some 10.8 illegal immigrants live and work in the shadows.

However, until recently, the issue was overshadowed nationally by other issues such as health system reform and the financial sector, which has angered Latinos for Obama supporters.

Thousands of people gathered outside the state capitol in Phoenix to face the announcement of the governor, most of them opponents with posters that read ” We are Human “and” Enough. “

It is expected that the law-passed this week by the Senate, controlled by Republicans and passed by Brewer, a Republican, also generate a legal challenge and it has become a contentious issue in the race for the November elections in the United States.

“If we remain free to move at a federal level, efforts will continue to see wrong in the whole country, “Obama said earlier Friday in a ceremony of swearing in new U.S. citizens.

Brewer said the new law strengthened to Arizona and keep the state safe from the drug cartels and other threats.

“It protects us all, every citizen of Arizona and all those who are legally in our state, and does so while ensuring that the constitutional rights of everyone in Arizona remain solid, “he said.

The enactment of the law was not well regarded in Mexico, through its chancellor said the” criminalization is not the way to resolve the migration phenomenon undocumented “.

” (The law) affects the relationship between Arizona and Mexico and forced the Mexican Government to consider the feasibility and utility of the cooperation schemes which have been developed with Arizona ” , Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa said Friday afternoon at a news conference.

Arizona Brewer said he acted because Washington did and said the police would be trained in the concept of what implies a “reasonable suspicion” that a person may be an illegal immigrant.

“I do not know what it looks like an illegal immigrant,” the governor said in response to a question.

DURA REACTION

While measures promoted by Republicans as angry at those who support this reform the immigration system,1000the Democrats feared a setback for Latinos legislative elections in November because of the inaction of the Government of Obama on this issue since taking office.

The law enacted in Arizona is the most harsh of a growing number of initiatives adopted in several U.S. states.

The law calls for state officials and local police to arrest those who can not prove with documents that are in the country legally. It also makes it a felony to transport an illegal immigrant and hire workers per day in the streets.

Enactment of the law, which shall enter into force 90 days after adjournment of the current legislative session, drew strong and immediate reactions.

“It”s a great day for the people of Arizona because once it is implemented we will all be safer,” Reuters said state Rep. John Kavanagh, a Republican who supported the initiative.

“The message it sends to the country is that when we are disappointed the Federal Government know what to do and sends the message that illegal aliens do not come to Arizona,” he said.

Janet Murguia, president of the civil rights group National Council of La Raza and opposition to the measure, expressed deep disappointment “because the governor Brewer chose politics over a strong position” to enact the law.

“The approval (of law) legimitizara differentiation racial profiling in Arizona and is against our laws and values as a country,” he said.

(Additional reporting by Tabassum Zakaria in Washington and Armando Tovar in the City of Mexico, written by Tim Gaynor and Peter Henderson; Published in Spanish, Juan Jose Lagorio)