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Ariz. faces boycott calls over new law
Arizona is facing a backlash over its new law cracking down on illegal immigrants, with opponents pushing for a tourism boycott like the one that was used to punish the state 20 years ago for its refusal to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with a holiday. By the time voters finally passed a holiday bill two years later, estimates of lost convention business in the Phoenix area alone topped $190 million.
"The goal is to as quickly as possible bring to a shocking stop the economy of Arizona," former state senator Alfredo Gutierrez said Friday as a coalition called Boycott Arizona announced its formation.
Groups have called on people not to fly Tempe-based US Airways or rent trucks from Phoenix-based U-Haul. A New York congressman and others are urging Major League Baseball to move the 2011 All Star Game out of Phoenix. The cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles have talked of cutting off deals with the state and its businesses.
-- Associated Press