The week at a glance...United States

United States

Phoenix

State leader recalled: State Senate President Russell Pearce, the author of Arizona’s controversial immigration law, was voted out of office this week in an unprecedented recall election. His defeat was seen as a rebuke to supporters of the state’s harsh anti-immigrant policies, which many residents and the business community believed had embarrassed the state. Pearce, a Republican, outspent his Republican rival, Jerry Lewis, by 3 to 1, but lost, 53 to 45 percent. “If being recalled is the price for keeping these promises, then so be it,” said Pearce, who became the first state legislator in Arizona’s history to be removed through a recall election. Pearce’s signature law, S.B. 1070, mandates that immigrants carry documentation of their status at all times and requires police to stop and question anyone they suspect may be an illegal immigrant.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
To continue reading this article...
Continue reading this article and get limited website access each month.
Get unlimited website access, exclusive newsletters plus much more.
Cancel or pause at any time.
Already a subscriber to The Week?
Not sure which email you used for your subscription? Contact us