http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/29/border-states-dealing-illegal-immigrant-crime-data-suggests/

Racist, intolerance, and downright unconstitutional, Arizona lawmakers have heard it all but they are sticking to their guns. Their new immigration enforcement law has been put in place to protect the border state of Arizona, from the rampant criminal activity that looms just over its border. Backed by studies and statistics they have come to the logical conclusion that a high number of criminals are actually in fact the illegal immigrants, bent on extending their operations. Critics argue that there is no significant correlation (or even possible to quantify accurately/beyond doubt) between criminal activity and illegal immigrants. In Illinois they found that the found illegal immigrants actually underrepresented  in prison populations, but did find a significant number in Arizona and Texas (don’t even get me started on the many speculations as to why this occurs in these states). Despite the lack of evidence of a “crime wave” lawmakers are rallying behind their beliefs and waging war on the threat that illegals present. It is by no surprise that this article comes from Fox New’s brand, of “Fair and Balanced news” (I mean it in the most cynical and sarcastic way possible).

Bringing it back to our weekly discussions, we can  connect this with the article “Why Homicide Has Increased in the United States” by Cesare Lombroso, and his beliefs on immigrants and their predisposition to degration, recidivism, and violence.  Lombroso also presents “the State” as a guiding force that examines (identifies), and distribute their bodies (deportations, imprisonment) and we can connect that with some of the strategies that lawmakers use to aid in manipulating this group of people.