Latina professor jeered, threatened for speaking against immigration laws

By Stephen C. Webster
Monday, May 24th, 2010 -- 10:03 pm

Professor Sandra Soto, welcome to civil rights notoriety.

Last week, Arizona University's professor of Latina studies took the stage to address 2010 graduates of the school's Social and Behavioral Sciences program. Naturally, her words were timely and touched upon the state's recently passed immigration laws that allow police to question and detain anyone who they suspect of being an illegal immigrant.

Then, she called the measure "the strictest anti-immigrant legislation in the country" that is "explicitly intended to drive undocumented immigrants out of the state."