Republican State Rep. Kim Meltzer thinks cops need more authority, especially when it comes to busting illegals in her state, so she's drafting a bill like Arizona's to clean Michigan up a little. [Detroit Free Press, pic]

Fox News have released a poll on the new immigration reforms. But it seems in order to get the headline 'Arizona Was Right to Take Action on Immigration' they carefully skewed their questioning.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is considering a challenge to Arizona's immigration bill.

The Phoenix Suns took the court for Wednesday night's game wearing "Los Suns" jerseys to "honor [Arizona's] Latino community" and "give the middle finger to racists" (I made up that second quote). Guess how Rush Limbaugh felt about it?

Grindhouse director Robert Rodriguez apparently put together an early trailer for star-studded Mexploitation film Machete as a "Cinco de Mayo message for Arizona," featuring the likes of Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan, and Danny Trejo fighting violently to protect illegal immigrants from racist politicians.

The city councils of Flagstaff and Tucson voted yesterday to sue the state over its new immigration law, worried that tourism will drop and costs for law enforcement will skyrocket. The mayor of Phoenix failed at a similar attempt. [AP]

The rallying cry for supporters of Arizona's new immigration bill has been the murder of rancher Robert Krentz at the hands of immigrants. But according to reports, the main suspect in the case is an American, not Mexican.

In your magical Monday media column: Media CEOs earn Monopoly money, a fine White House Celebucocksucking Dinner roundup, CNN gets a new toy, and the Arizona Republic finds a use for editorials.

Don Black is a Florida-based white supremacist who is banned from the UK for inciting hatred. Arizona State Senate Majority leader Chuck Gray—a proponent of the recent immigration bill—follows him, and another white power feed, on Twitter.

The Immigration Law Reform Institute (ILRI) helped draft SB-1070 — the draconian law that means police must stop anyone brown-looking and demand their papers. ILRI is the legal arm of a racist hate group. And it's not stopping at Arizona.

Arizona may have set a record for the most immediately unpopular law ever. The measure to force cops to ask brown-looking people for immigration papers was condemned by Obama. Now people are taking to the streets to show their displeasure.

This week, many things happened. Funny things, sad things, happy things. But mostly dumb things. Lots and lots of dumb things.

Worry not, hispanic-looking people of Arizona. Your lawmakers may have passed a law that forces police to stop you and demand your papers. But Linda Ronstadt, Ricky Martin and Shakira are on your side. [AP]

Oh, Arizona. First this, then this, and now this: The state is cracking down on school teachers with accents in an effort to secure Anglo dominance in the southwest, because Arizona is a state where we speak English, okay?

Hey! Arizona still has good citizens left. Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik declared his refusal to comply with his state's ugly, xenophobic new law, calling it "humiliating" and "racist." Way to go, Dupnik! Too bad you will probably get sued.

So you want to protest Arizona's stupid new immigration law by boycotting the state, like San Francisco did. Okay. Can you live without Sky Mall, P.F. Chang's, domain-name registration and internet pornography?

The state's racist immigration bill has pissed off a lot of people, and some, like Al Sharpton, are calling for an economic boycott. But will it succeed in changing state law? It has before.

[A concerned Arizona citizen has a helpful message for police trying to deal with the state's controversial new law giving police sweeping powers to detain anyone they suspect of being an illegal immigrant. Image via early-onset-of-night]

Tonight, Jon Stewart blasted Arizona for its new—and highly controversial—immigration bill. As Stewart pointed out, when even anti-illegal immigrant poster boy Tom Tancredo is against the bill, it ain't good, folks. Video of Stewart's saucy statement is inside.

Lawmakers in Arizona approved a fun immigration bill that would oblige cops to stop anyone swarthy and ask them to prove their legality. Everyone, bar some right-wingers, thinks this is a bad idea. Including, as of today, the President.