I think that in the past year citizenship has gotten a whole new meaning in Arizona. With the new laws making it impossible to live in the state unless you are a legal citizen a state that is so close to the Mexican border this is seen by a lot of legal and illegal citizens as a big deal. Being from Maine I have never had to witness brutality towards immigrants but I have read and heard about it in other areas of the country. The hostility towards them for living, working and even just being in the United States creates problems for a lot of Americans.
When people in a position of power make negative comments about ethnic groups especially in a state like Maine that is primarily white and has a background of being closed minded as a whole it can create many problems. One problem being that radical groups start to think that they are in a position of power because they take the comments out of context and use them toward their cause. Another reason being it makes the our state look like a bunch of backwards hicks because our governor doesn't have a filter on what he says. The implications of this event will make it look as though we Mainers are as closed-minded as our governor.
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