I think it's about time we give a strong message to all politicians that we will tolerate nothing else other than the unadulterated truth. We all know that the Arizona law has nothing to do with crime prevention ... it is so obvious that illegals do not commit more crimes than the local population. But, it is a convenient facade to hide the obvious agenda, which is to 'terrorize' the immigrant population (both legal and illegal) so that they'll think twice before immigrating to America (or crawling under the fence). The local population is sick of the growing 'foregin' population and is furious about them taking their jobs.
Well, I don't expect that truth from the Arizona governor, but at the very least what I would have liked to hear from her and the legislators was something like the below.
"We have tried various options in the past to sten the flow of illegal immigrants in our state, and partly due to inadequate support from the federal government none of those initiatives have been successful. Since we cannot wait for the Federal government to fix this complex issue, we are forced to pass a tough law to combat this rampant problem. We realize that this may cause some concern to our legal immigrants, whom we welcome with open arms and who have bought enormous diversity and economic vibrancy to our state and country. However, please rest assured that we will not let this law be miused in any way and will very strictly deal with any abuses related to this law. We will not allow police officers to stop a person solely for the purpose of checking papers. We just want this law to be an additional tool in their arsenal, so that when a stop has been made for an unrelated offence, the officer has the legal authority to check the papers only if the situation demands such a request. We will be happy to discuss all the details of this new law with anybody who desires it, and will also set up a number where people call up relating to any perceived abuse of this law. We thank the residents of Arizona for their trust and cooperation."
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Immigration, US Politics, Arizona Law