RE: http://www.timesdaily.com/arti...429/ARTICLES/4295001
Hi to my Forum Friends,
In his commentary, Arizona's Monstrosity Of A New Law, Dan K. Thomasson tells us, "Talk about hitting a mule in the head with a two by four just to get its attention! That's exactly what Arizona did to the Congress and the White House in passing an outrageous law to curtail illegal immigration that may be a nightmare to enforce. Obviously it was born out of the frustration at the federal failure to bring about reform and in enforcing laws already on the books."
And, it is about time someone applied the 2X4 Board of Education to the White House and Congress. Having 12 to 20 million illegal aliens living off the fat of the land is a bit much.
Then, he tells us, "Granted, there are an estimated 460,000 illegal immigrants in Arizona, most of them up from the south and who resemble a large segment of its legal Hispanic population. So how does one determine who belongs there and who doesn't? By stopping them all. That's called racial profiling no matter claims to the contrary from the twit of a governor who signed the law and says singling out individuals on the basis of race won't be tolerated."
Very simple problem to prevent racial profiling as you call it. Simply enforce the laws which says that all employers MUST verify that ALL employees are not breaking the laws of America by being here illegally. The law against hiring illegal aliens should be strictly enforced.
Second, when someone breaks a law; whether it is a traffic violation, shoplifting, or rape -- check his/her identification. If he/she has phony identification or no legal identification -- give them a one way ride to Tijuana or the nearest border crossing.
There does not have to be any incidents of randomly stopping people to check their papers; but, on the other hand, when someone is stopped for another legal reason -- the police should not have their hands tied regarding checking for legal papers at this time.
Use common sense and most illegals will catch themselves.
Next, Mr. Thomasson tells us, "Are you nuts, Jan Brewer? How do you think this is going to work? Are your state and local cops going to spend most of their time hassling Anglos and Asians? Of course they aren't and everyone knows it including those who pushed this abomination through the state Legislature with the governor's blessing. One can only hope that the large number of lawsuits expected to challenge the law stop it before it does irreparable harm to the Arizona economy."
By the way, Mr. Thomasson, have they checked your papers lately? Is English your second language? Just checking, wondering why your Liberal Fangs are so sharp.
And, he tells us, "Ideally, this is such an extraordinarily and demonstrably corrupt exercise that it finally will move Congress to deal with the ever-growing immigration problem. Nearly a million men, women and children illegally cross our southwestern border seeking residence each year and the current national total is estimated at above 12 million. On the one hand their presence puts huge strains on government services and institutions including education and health care, police and fire while on the other they have provided a valuable force for manual labor that has been increasingly scarce."
God willing, you are right, that Congress will get off its collective butts and do something about the illegal aliens who continue to flow into America. Maybe we should follow the example of Mexico in the way they handle people from South America trying to cross their southern border. We see no Political Correctness there. You get caught sneaking across Mexico's southern border and you pay dearly.
Yet, Mexico's president cries and pouts when Americans demand we protect OUR southern borders. Can you guess why? Every year, Mexicans living illegally in America send $20 BILLION dollars back into Mexico's economy. Without this, how could Mexico's corrupt leaders continue to fatten their bank accounts?
And, Mr. Thomasson tells us, "A few years ago an often-heard joke was that expelling all the illegal immigrants and then installing a fence along the U.S. side of the border with Mexico to stop them from reentering wouldn't work because there wouldn't be anyone left to build it."
With America's unemployment at the highest it has been in many, many years -- I am sure that we could find many folks willing to work at building the fence. I have a good Friend in Arizona, professional, who has been unemployed for over two years. For construction job wages; I am positive he would be VERY happy to work on the fence. All we have to do is to get Mr. Obama off his butt and get the job started.
Mr. Thomasson tells us, "Every effort at reform has been shoved aside for political considerations. George W. Bush's reasonable proposals for bringing some order out of the chaos were thwarted by a coalition of Republicans and Democrats and now President Obama faces the same problems. The recently created Immigration and Custom Enforcement is as bad as the old one. The president angrily denounced the Arizona law as misguided. There certainly is no question about that and it probably is unconstitutional. Worse than that, it is not what this nation is all about."
Obama may be denouncing the Arizona law -- but, at least Arizona has done something. Mr. Obama sure cannot be accused of that; for over a year, he has done nothing!
Why is it unconstitutional for a state to enforce its immigration, or any other laws, which are on the books?
Next, Mr. Thomasson tells us, "The political ramifications during an election year are huge. Republicans have been subdued during the screams of anger growing since the action in a state they control. Democrats seemed prepared to push reform to take advantage of seething anger and fear among national Latinos. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made reform a priority but concedes it will take bipartisan support and needs a lot of work. A whole lot of Arizonans should hope not too long."
Wow, Democrats are playing footsie with the Latinos. Is this news? The question should be: "How many of those Latinos who vote Democrat -- are legal and how many are illegal aliens?"
And, Mr. Thomasson tells us, "Meanwhile, it is reported that Gov. Brewer has ordered the state to set up training courses to teach law enforcement officers how to do their job without violating civil rights. What? The best way to accomplish this would have not been to sign the act in the first place, governor. Brewer's predecessor in the governorship, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, vetoed similar legislation and other states with similar problems have decided such proposals, while tempting, aren't quite the American way."
Gee, Governor Brewer is not like Janet Napolitano. How many Arizonans are cheering because of this? It seems like only yesterday we were reading, "Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano . . . a report issued by her department said troops returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were at risk for being recruited by right-wing extremists."
And, a footnote in her report, "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment," said that while there is no specific information that domestic right-wing terrorists are planning acts of violence, such acts could come from unnamed "rightwing extremists" concerned about illegal immigration, abortion, increasing federal power and restrictions on firearms -- and singled out returning war veterans as susceptible to recruitment."
And, does anyone wonder if Arizona wants Janet back? Maybe she and Mr. Thomasson could get assigned as diplomats in the embassy in Kenya. They seem to have inside pull for that job.
Finally, Mr. Thomasson asks, "Will you be allowed to say 'no comprendi' in Arizona or is that a prima facie case for deportation?"
To Mr. Thomasson I say, "Si!" and "Adiós" -- see y'all in Kenya -- or Tijuana!
Dan K. Thomasson is the former editor of the Scripps Howard News Service. He can be reached at thomassondan@aol.com.
God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,
Bill Gray
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