TIME Cover: We Are Americans, Just Not Legally

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco

Time magazine rolled out it’s latest cover in anticipation of what many observers believe will be sure to come Monday: the announcement of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on portions of Arizona’s controversial SB1070. The cover declares “We are Americans, just not legally.” Front and center in the picture, standing in a group of 35 undocumented immigrants of many nationalities, is Jose Antonio Vargas, the Pulitzer Prize winning Washington Post journalist who outed himself as an undocumented immigrant.

The magazine hit the stands today and sets the stage for what is anticipated to happen on Monday: it’s expected that the justices will uphold some of the SB1070 provisions.  Already, Arizona’s governor Jan Brewer has ordered the state police force to begin training on immigration laws, so sure is she that police detentions on immigration suspicion will be upheld.

There is also anticipation on the part of non-profit groups and media outlets that are planning unprecedented coverage and targeted efforts in reaction to an all but certain Supreme Court ruling. For now, though, as NewsTaco Facebook commentor Kaye Crux put it, ” the battle lines have been drawn.” Or at least, the tension has become so think, that’s what it feels like.

[Photo courtesy TIME]

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