landfried, you may proceed. >> thank you, mr. chairman, for inviting me to speak today. for the record, my name is todd landfried, and i'm the executive director of arizona employers for immigration reform. azer, as we refer to ourselves, was formed in twech and has approximately 400 small, medium and large business members. we are not open borders pro-illegal business addicted to cheap labor nor put profits before patriotism. we know there are serious problems on the border and people's lives are being affected, and the issue needs to be addressed. businesses want legal and efficient access to the labor it needs when it needs it from wherever it must come from with little government interference or interaction as possible. most importantly, we want you in congress to solve the problem. my remarks will focus on whether laws like arizona's sb-1070 and others are good public policy based upon their impacts on business and the economy. what are the outcomes? do they secure the border? do they create jobs and reduce state expenses? do they fulfill their promises? it's a legi

landfried. let me thank all of our panelists for their testimony, and now we'll begin with questions. i'm going to direct some first questions to you, mr. pearce. first, i want to thank you for coming, because we don't agree. that's obvious. but you've had the courage and integrity to come here and defend your views, and that's very much appreciated. okay, now, i'm interested in trying to understand the general context behind the arizona law. you were on fox news on july 29th, 2010. you said your intent in writing sb-1070 was, this is your quote "to take the handcuffs off law enforcement. they'll go home. they'll self-deport." do you still stand by that statement? >> yes, sir. >> okay. now, some have said that the arizona law is necessary because the federal government has not secured the border. but to be clear, even if the border were completely secure and the government could show that no new people are entering the country illegally, you would still want sb-1070 to remain in effect to ensure

landfried's organization filed an amicas brief with the supreme court in opposition to sb 1070. gentlemen, your entire statements without objection will be read into the record. we will first call on mr. pearce. you may proceed as you wish, sir. >> good morning. i am russell pearce, the author and driving force behind sb-1070, which is overwhelmingly supported by citizens across this nation. thank you, chairman schumer for inviting me and before this honorable committee. it is an honor for me to appear. as you know, illegal alien problem is a critical issue, not just in arizona but across the nation and the effects of it ripple throughout society. in addressing this problem we must begin by remembering we are a nation of laws. we must encourage, have the courage the fortitude to enforce with compassion without apology those laws to protect the integrity of our borders and rights of our citizens from those who break our laws. sb-1070 removes the political handcuffs of law enforcement. all law enforcement agencies have the legal authority and moral obligation to uphold our laws, j

todd landfried is the executive director of arizona employers for immigration reformer. a grassroots organization comprised of 400 small, medium, large businesses committed to federal immigration -- sensible federal immigration policy. mr. landfried's organization filed an amicas brief with the supreme court in opposition to sb-107 on purryour entire state will be read into the record. mr. pearce, you made proceed as you wish, sir. >> good morning. i am russell pearce, the author 0 and driving force behind sb-1070. which is overwhelmingly supported by citizens across this nation. thank you. chairman schumer for invite me here and before this honorable committee. it is an honor for me to appear. as you know, illegal alien problem is a critical issue, not just in arizona but across the nation and the effects of it rill. throughout society. we must begin by remembering we are a nation of laws. we must encourage, have the courage the fortitude to enforce with compassion without apology those laws to protect the integrity of our borders and rights of our citizens from those w

landfried. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> in terms of my question. >> thank you, mr. chairman. senate bill 1070 has been the worst piece of legislation ever passed in the state of arizona. if you look at section 3-b, you were mentioning before, where reasonable suspicion exists that a person is an alien and is unlawfully present in the united states, reasonably suspicious, the only way to determine this, it's not by clothing. it's by the color of their skin. end of discussion. there is no way to enforce senate bill 1070 without using race as the determining factor if someone is here legally. i would propose that if mr.

landfried? >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> in terms of my question. >> thank you, mr. chairman. senate bill 1070 has been the worst piece of legislation ever passed in the state of arizona. if you look at section 3b, what you were mentioning before, "where reasonable suspicion exists that a person is an alien and is unlawfully present in the united states, reasonably suspicious." the only way to determine this it's not by clothing, it's by the color of skin, end of discussion. there is no way to enforce senate bill 1070 without using race as the determining factor if someone is here legally. i would propose that if mr. pearce and myself were walking down the street and you asked law enforcement to pick out the person who they suspect would be here undocumented, they're not going to be pointing at mr. pearce. they're going to be pointing at me. they have to use race in order to enforce senate bill 1070. that's the unfortunate part. and mr. chairman, if senate bill 1070 was so popular, why did the sponsor get recalled out of his own legislative district? at the end of the day, thi