congressman raul grijalva wants to organize a boycott of the convention business. he says organizing the boycott is just the beginning. >> it's about economic consequences to the extremists that put this law together. it's about political voting, and it's about a legal strategy to challenge this. >> civil rights leaders used that same strategy back in the 1980s when arizona's governor did away with the state's martin luther king jr. holiday. arizona lost hundreds of conventions, even the super bowl. voters eventually passed a law making king's birthday an official holiday. >>> opponents of the new law are rallying again this afternoon at the state capitol. now this legislation won't go into effect until august or september. but even if it's blocked by the courts, one supporter, sheriff joe arpaio says it has already started a healthy debate. >> i think what is going to happen now, you will see the white house, the president, and congress finally take some action on the illegal immigration problem. if it took this for them to be alert and to do something, then that'

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