Consequences could follow illegal immigration law
New York congressman calls for Major League Baseball to pull 2011 All-Star Game from Arizona

By Kevin Baxter, --Chicago Tribune--
10:01 p.m. CDT, April 29, 2010

Anger over Arizona's new immigration law spread to baseball Thursday with a congressman's call to pull next year's All-Star game out of the state and a protest outside Wrigley Field, where the Diamondbacks opened a four-game series against the Cubs. Rep. Jose Serrano (D-New York) said baseball "should not pass up the opportunity" to oppose legislation critics believe will lead to racial profiling and other civil-rights violations. "Baseball and the Latin community, it's a close relationship," Serrano said in a telephone interview from the House floor. "Latinos, they will be the ones, more than anyone else, who will be stopped on the street in violation of their constitutional rights. … States (that) make those decisions need to know that there are consequences to those decisions." (cont.)