The yahoos in Arizona don’t care what the New York Times thinks. Other people do, from business leaders who might open up offices here to convention planners who might be pondering over where to direct a 10,000-member organization.

Here’s what they read this a.m.:

The Arizona Legislature has just stepped off the deep end of the immigration debate, passing a harsh and mean-spirited bill that would do little to stop illegal immigration. What it would do is lead to more racial profiling, hobble local law enforcement, and open government agencies to frivolous, politically driven lawsuits.

The bill is a grab bag of measures to enlist law enforcement and government at every level to expose and expel the undocumented. Opponents say it verges on a police state, which sounds overblown until you read it.

Emphasis added. The editorial goes on to demolish the bill’s provisions.

The bill goes back to the state senate tomorrow. AZ Republic story on the logistics here.

The governor hasn’t said whether she will sign it; Stephen Lemons of New Times, who’s been covering the bill’s hateful supporters better than anyone, says it’s likely she will — or will let it go into law without her signature.