Mayor backs Arizona boycott

Calling Arizona's tough new immigration law unpatriotic and unconstitutional, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Thursday said he supports an economic boycott of the state and urged swift action on federal immigration reform.Daily News.

Surrounded by immigration activists at his City Hall office, Villaraigosa said the Arizona law, which gives police the right to detain people suspected of being in the country illegally, opened the doors to seek true reform on a national level.

"The need for a complete reform of immigration laws is nothing new," Villaraigosa said. "We now find ourselves once again in a debate. We can choose to move forward for a more perfect union or move back to fight the tyranny we did 200 years ago.