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Jen the Michigander


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http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100419/us_time/08599198226800

The toughest anti-illegal-immigrant measure in a generation passed the Arizona legislature this week. If signed, as expected, by Republican governor Jan Brewer, the law will give local police sweeping new powers in regard to undocumented workers. Currently, immigration offenses are violations of federal, not state, law, and local police officers only can inquire about a person's immigration status if that person is suspected of another crime. Under SB1070, however, Arizona police will have the right to stop anyone on "reasonable suspicion" that they may be an illegal immigrant and can arrest them if they are not carrying a valid driver's license or identity papers.

Appalled at the bill's harsh sweep, immigrant advocates are promising court challenges. "This is the most far-reaching anti-immigration bill in memory and it turns the presumption of innocence on its head," says Alessandra Meetze, executive director of the ACLU of Arizona. "It singles out the failure to carry ID as a reason to believe you are an undocumented alien. What this means is that citizens will need to carry papers with them at all times. It means people like my mother, who has brown skin and an accent, can be arrested and detained until it is confirmed that they are legally in the country."

"This is the most anti-immigrant legislation the U.S. has seen since the House bill of 2005 which set off huge demonstrations across the country," says Newman. "The sheer breadth of this bill is going to alter the national discussion." He says the bill does four things: criminalizes undocumented status, enlists local police in illegal-immigration enforcement, allows citizens to sue police departments if citizens think the police are not being sufficiently vigilant in enforcement and forbids any city from ignoring the state law and becoming a so-called sanctuary zone. "That's before you get to racial profiling," says Newman, "because anyone who looks Latino or has an accent can be swept up, arrested and detained while their immigration status is verified."

Can the law stand up to scrutiny? "There are some things that states can do and some that states can't do, but this law threads the needle perfectly," says Kris Kobach, a University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law professor who helped write the legislation. He believes it will withstand constitutional challenge. "In the bill, Arizona only penalizes what is already a crime under federal law," says Kobach, a Yale Law School graduate and onetime counsel to former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft. "That constitutes concurrent enforcement in legal terms, which the courts have said is permissible." Says Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, a conservative think tank in Washington: "The rhetoric that this bill will create a police state is ridiculous. What this does is give police officers an extra tool in their tool kit."

"Enough is enough," says state senator Pearce, speaking about the increased violence along the Arizona border with Mexico. "One family has been burglarized 18 times and a number of officers have been killed and maimed in the line of duty dealing with illegal immigrants who are criminals. Our message is very clear," says Pearce. "Illegal aliens should find another state besides Arizona to visit."

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I have heard and read some really tough criticism of AZ for this. The article about the bill doesn't address the issue of employers hiring illegals.

This is a really hard issue to deal with, IMO. When people are unable to feed and care for their families in their own country, naturally, they will try to get to a country in which they stand a reasonable chance of earning a living. At the same time, the American tax payers - barely making ends meet as it is - can't support tens of millions more people - especially people who are taxing the public assistance system. I realize, obviously, that not all of the hispanic poppulation There's a limit to just how many people the system can support. So, is the answer to knowingly allow illegals to remain here and continue to immigrate, without appropriate documentation, and to watch the system collapse in a few years? Or is it wiser to limit the number of immigrants, and hopefully, regain and maintain the economic health of the country? I don't have many answers. But, I do know that when a country/government is unable to survive due to the great strain placed on it by the sheer size of it's population, NO ONE will win in the end.

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Unconstitional most definately and the Obama administration needs to sue.  Now I think this sort of nonsense is proof that Hillary needs to get out first of all if she continues to serve as SOS and pushing these anti Isreal ideas then her career is over.  She knew he was an idiot and she needs to get out not before he taints her. 

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We should use every weapon at our disposal to get a handle on the illegals burdening all systems in this country. It IS criminal to be in our country illegally.

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I agree that something needs to be done about illegal immigration, but this law is the equivalent of burning down the house to roast the pig. Why should innocent citizens have to produce ID any time a cop feels like hassling them? There's just too much potential for abuse here.

The reason illegal immigrants come to America is because people hire them, so I say go after the employers, especially the larger ones like meat packing plants. With the drug cartel wars in Mexico spilling over into the USA, we need more troops on the border even without the illegal immigration problem. And of course, if someone is arrested for a crime, then I think it's OK to check their immigration status. But not if someone is just walking down the street speaking Spanish or whatever.

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Jen the Michigander wrote:

I agree that something needs to be done about illegal immigration, but this law is the equivalent of burning down the house to roast the pig. Why should innocent citizens have to produce ID any time a cop feels like hassling them? There's just too much potential for abuse here.

The reason illegal immigrants come to America is because people hire them, so I say go after the employers, especially the larger ones like meat packing plants. With the drug cartel wars in Mexico spilling over into the USA, we need more troops on the border even without the illegal immigration problem. And of course, if someone is arrested for a crime, then I think it's OK to check their immigration status. But not if someone is just walking down the street speaking Spanish or whatever.


Well said - totally agree.

 



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