Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has sent a letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton condemning the œUniversal Periodic Review report submitted to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights that included a paragraph on the state™s immigration law, SB 1070. In her letter, Governor Brewer stated that it was offensive for the State Department to include the bill in the report, saying its inclusion is internationalism run amok and unconstitutional. According to Brewer, œHuman rights as guaranteed by the United States and Arizona Constitutions are expressly protected in SB 1070 and defended vigorously by my Administration.
Members of the United Nations Human Rights Council are set to review the Administration™s report later this year. The letter to the Secretary requests that the Administration amend and remove the offensive section of the report relating to the State of Arizona and SB 1070. If not removed, Governor Brewer stated that œthe State of Arizona will fight any attempt by the US Department of State and the United Nations to interfere with the duly enacted laws of the State of Arizona in accordance with the US Constitution.