Senator Russel Pearce

Defying all expectations, the once powerful Pearce will become the first Senate president to be recalled in American history, according to campaign supporters, if 7,756 valid signatures from Pearce's District 18 are verified.

To many of us in the Latino community, the "deranged lone gunmen" on the desert fringe can sometimes bear more than a passing resemblance to the God-fearing, gun-wielding patriot filling our cities and suburbs.

An alarming and unconstitutional measure that blows the door wide open to massive racial profiling is poised to become law in the Grand Canyon State. We need to stop playing politics with people's lives and our tax dollars.