Arizona Newspaper Exposes those who Hire Illegal Immigrants

The Sonoran News newspaper, in Cave Creek, Arizona, exposes the illegal immigrant issue in an a new light; instead of blaming the illegal immigrants, this conservative newspaper speaks out against illegal immigration through exposing those who use illegal immigrant work.  Reporter for 12 News, Veronica Sanchez, claims that, “publisher Don Sorchych isn’t going after the laborers, he’s taking pictures of people who pick up illegal immigrants for work”.

Don Sorchych claims two reasons for exposing the hirers:

1. Those who hire illegal immigrants are breaking the law.

2. He also “has been taking pictures in response to a federal judge’s decision to strike down the town’s anti-solicitation ordinance, allowing people to gather at the church and look for work”.

While Sorchych has the support of some locals, others believe that his tactic of exposing those who hire the illegal immigrants is not only an “invasion of privacy”, but that also “it creates tension in an already racially divided town”.

In relation to the national debate over the threat that illegal immigrants are for national security, publishers like Sorchych are seemingly unimportant because they only have the power to persuade those who read their newspapers.  However, it is the combination of these small publishers that effect the general public’s opinion on exactly how much illegal immigrants can threaten national security.