Latinos in the Limelight Tweet About Arizona’s Immigration Law
George Lopez, Ricky Martin and Eva Longoria worked their Twitter platforms over the weekend to protest the passage of Arizona's contested and detested new immigration law For his part, comic Lopez cracked wise about racial profiling, Arizona Gov Jan Brewer and Taco Bell (continued).
George Lopez, Ricky Martin and Eva Longoria worked their Twitter platforms over the weekend to protest the passage of Arizona’s contested and detested new immigration law. For his part, comic Lopez cracked wise about racial profiling, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and Taco Bell, while Martin struck a more somber note. Longoria showed her support by giving both stars’ tweets a boost and adding the input of yet another high-profile person of color: President Obama. –KA
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“ARIZONA .. George Lopez is coming .. Oops .. I just got pulled over .. Apparently I fit the profile .. Gacho !!” the late night comedian Tweeted on Friday, following up with more Tweets over the weekend.
“The Crackdown in ARIZONA continues .. The New Taco Bell TORTADA has been outlawed .by GOV Jan Brewer .. As a treat to the Colon”s of her people !” he Tweeted. “The changing the name of PATRON to make it more ARIZONA friendly .. Now .. PAT RON.”
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