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Originally Posted by zeropointbug
Didn't Arizona just enacted an anti immigration law last week? I think many states are standing up to the feds now, might be a civil war soon.  |
Yes they did, and the feds are talking about bringing lawsuits against them for it, even though it simply mirrors the federal law - the feds simply don't enforce it. So, AZ decided enough is enough and passed a law that gives them the power to do what the feds won't. Opponents argue it creates racial profiling, and there is a possibility of that (I'm sure everyone has heard/experienced a situation where law enforcement abuses their priveledges), but if the new law is followed, then that can't happen. It's pretty bad when 400k of a 2M population is illegal draining gov't resources.
The media for the most part is slanting the whole issue to seem like people in general are against AZ (some states, like CA and MN, have boycotted AZ state officials). But when you look at actual polls, it shows the vast majority of US citizens are wholeheartedly for AZ. In fact, there are (last I counted), 12 states who plan on introducing legislation similar to AZ.
I've always said to eliminate the freebies and the illegals that are just here to freeload and they won't want to come here. Also, eliminate the "anchor baby" policy (where illegals sneak here, have a kid on US soil, thereby legalizing them). Simply give the parents a choice: take your baby back to your home country with you (forfeiting the child's US citizenship), or put the baby up for adoption. Either way, the parents leave.
What's even funnier is that just about every other country on the planet has
far harsher laws regarding illegal immigration than we do, but we are deemed racists. Hypocites!
It's unfortunate that other countries' gov'ts are so poorly run, but those people need to fix that themselves instead of coming here and demanding we bend our ways to their whim. Time for the US to take of US citizens instead of catering to every illegal shmuck who whines for fear of offending someone. No more "press 1 for English" crap!
I could go on and on and on, but I don't want this thread to degrade to politics too much.
