Posted on 04/28/2010 5:52:11 AM PDT by shortstop
It should be illegal to be illegal.
Isn't that, after all, what "illegal" means?
I don't understand the fuss over Arizona. A state, long plagued by the failure of the federal government to enforce immigration laws, has taken a step to protect itself.It has declared being an illegal immigrant a misdemeanor, an act of trespass, under state law. And it has empowered its police, in the course of their contacts with people, to inquire about and verify immigrant status.
And the fit has hit the shan.The president has condemned it, Al Sharpton is going to protest it, marchers have attacked police over it, talking heads have cursed it, and Arizonans have cheered it.
In fact, 70 percent of the people in Arizona agree with the legislation. Interestingly, the Census says that 30 percent of the people in Arizona are Latinos. Across the country, 60 percent of the people agree with Arizona's new law.
And yet with unwavering orthodoxy, the commisars of American political correctness have denounced the law, the state and the people. It is as if from the perspective of the studios of New York, the people of Arizona are seen as some Neanderthal subspecies about to form into chapters of the Ku Klux Klan. No credence is given to the Arizona position, no consideration of the damage done that state is taken into account, no balance is given to the story.
The Arizonans are wrong, the illegals are right, it's all about racism and xenophobia. Anybody who doesn't agree with the president and the evening news is a racist.
Which is all a bunch of crap.
If somebody breaks into your house, do you make them a sandwich and give them the keys to the car? Do they, by virture of climbing in the window, earn the right to a place on your couch and at your table?
Of course not.
If somebody breaks into your house, you put your arse-kicking boots on and you chase them out of your home and off your property. You protect what is yours.
It seems like the same thing ought to apply to your country.
Some 20 million people have broken into our country. Against our law, contrary to our national interest, at great hurt to our society.
And if you say anything about it you are a racist and the president is going to send the Justice Department after you.
Well, that's ridiculous.
The law must have meaning, because when it doesn't, we are the ones who lose. Abraham Lincoln said that it was the law that makes us free, that our system of representative government requires all citizens to uphold the law which they through their elected representatives have had a hand in creating and affirming. When we ignore law, when we turn against the will of the people it represents, we turn lose a capricious tyranny that one day may come back to haunt us all.
And for three presidential administrations now, we have been ignoring the borders and laws of this country.
Few places have felt the pain of that approach more than Arizona. Many of its hospitals and schools are gutted, its social welfare budget is busted, its urban streets are rife with gang violence, its rural border areas are a no-man's land where drugs cartels and human smugglers operate with impunity. The social collapse of northern Mexico is seeping over the border and is suffocating southern Arizona.
And Arizona has decided to do something about it.After years of pleading with the federal government, Arizona has decided to take a stand.
When police have contact with people, and those people have characteristics common to illegal aliens -- can't speak English, no drivers license, no insurance or registration, no identification -- the police will be allowed to ask their status and verify it. Does that mean they start pulling over brown people, like the president and the activists say? Absolutely not. Does it mean the police are going to stop looking the other way, absolutely so.
Is this discrimination?
No.
Will this make Arizona an inhospitable place for illegal aliens?
Hopefully.How would a challenged person prove their status? By showing either a visa or a drivers license -- or even a welfare card. There's no need to carry "papers," and even the visa for foreign guests is already required by federal law to be carried at all times. Of course, federal law also requires that illegal aliens stay on the other side of the border.
If a person is found to be in the country illegally, what happens? They are taken into custody, and they face a state misdemeanor charge which will probably most times be dismissed when they are turned over to federal immigration custody. What happens if Barack Obama orders federal officials not to accept the custody of the illegal aliens? Well, we'll find out when such a refused alien is released and subsequently commits some heinous crime.
This isn't discrimination, this isn't racism, this is common sense.It is self-defense.This is the the state of Arizona doing what the federal government lacks the stones to do.
Arizona is simply saying that it's illegal to be illegal.
PING
Mark Levin pointed out on his radio program yesterday, just try being in Mexico without your passport and/or visa and you’ll be in deep trouble or jail or worse.
“Legalize Illegality” actually sounds like the perfect tag line for today’s Democrat Party
Just what we need, destitute, desperate people who WILL NOT/CANNOT assimilate...AND upon whom NO demands will EVER be made, but who consume just as if they contribute like REAL citizens and taxpayers...
ENOUGH!!!!
#1,,or Canada for that matter. Looks like Ariz. has done us all a favor considering all the whineing going on by various lawmakers, who don’t seem to know it’s Federal law already,,one of those laws they voted on without bothering to read the thing before voting.
“If somebody breaks into your house, you put your arse-kicking boots on and you chase them out of your home and off your property. You protect what is yours.”
Another issue, Sen. Dodd is saying that Wall Street broke into our House 17 Years ago and we still haven’t changed the Locks. The Libs can use both sides of any point to screw us. Keep the pressure on Arizona.
“If somebody breaks into your house, you put your arse-kicking boots on and you chase them out of your home and off your property. You protect what is yours.”
Another issue, Sen. Dodd is saying that Wall Street broke into our House 17 Years ago and we still haven’t changed the Locks. The Libs can use both sides of any point to screw us. Keep the pressure on Arizona.
Sorry about the double hit.
LET'S SEE IF WE GOT THIS RIGHT.
IF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET 12 YEARS HARD LABOR.
IF YOU CROSS THE IRANIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU ARE DETAINED INDEFINITELY.
IF YOU CROSS THE AFGHAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU GET SHOT.
IF YOU CROSS THE SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE JAILED.
IF YOU CROSS THE CHINESE BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU MAY NEVER BE HEARD FROM AGAIN.
IF YOU CROSS THE VENEZUELAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE BRANDED A SPY AND YOUR FATE WILL BE SEALED.
IF YOU CROSS THE CUBAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE THROWN INTO POLITICAL PRISON TO ROT.
IF YOU CROSS THE US BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET:
* A JOB,
* A DRIVER'S LICENSE,
* SOCIAL SECURITY CARD,
* WELFARE,
* FOOD STAMPS,
* CREDIT CARDS,
* SUBSIDIZED RENT
* SUBSIDIZED LOAN TO BUY A HOUSE,
* FREE EDUCATION,
* FREE HEALTH CARE,
* A RIDE ON THE U.S. GRAVY WITH SEVERAL IDENTITIES,
* A LOBBYIST IN WASHINGTON,
* BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS PRINTED IN YOUR LANGUAGE,
* THE RIGHT TO CARRY YOUR COUNTRY'S FLAG WHILE YOU PROTEST THAT YOU DON'T GET ENOUGH RESPECT,
* AND THE U.S. POLITICAL/LEGAL SYSTEM AT YOUR DISPOSAL.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A FIRM GRASP ON THE SITUATION.
Your point is excellent and bears repeating - The intent to leave America’s borders essentially unprotected is not limited to the Democrat Socialists, but is the position of most politicians within the D.C. bubble.
Note from Mike Cutler, former INS agent.
As you may know, this past weekend, I was a guest on Fox and Friends and on MSNBC to debate Arizona’s new immigration laws that require aliens in that state to carry proof of their immigration status.
I am going to start out by providing you with a copy of the statutory requirement that addresses aliens and proof of alien registration:
***********Every alien, eighteen years of age and over, shall at all times
carry with him and have in his personal possession any certificate
of alien registration or alien registration receipt card issued to
him pursuant to subsection (d) of this section. Any alien who fails
to comply with the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction for each offense be fined
not to exceed $100 or be imprisoned not more than thirty days, or
both.*************
I want you to take a moment and give some serious thought to the paragraph above.
The point to remember is that while citizens of our nation have an absolute right to enter into the United States and remain in the United States, aliens do not. This is why I have come to try to explain the issue of illegal immigration by noting, on many occasions, that the difference between an immigrant and an illegal alien is comparable to the difference between a houseguest and a burglar.
Throughout the world, nations make clear distinctions between citizens and non-citizens (aliens). According to the Immigration and Nationality Act, that body of all inclusive laws that pertain to the entry and presence of foreign nationals (aliens) in our country, the term “Alien” simply means “Any person who is not a citizen or national of the United States.
There is certainly nothing derogatory or insulting about that definition. The term alien is simply a legal term that is as old as the Constitution of the United States and it also parallels terminology and concepts employed by every other country on our planet to draw a distinction between those people who are present in a country who are citizens of that country and those who are not.
The importance of citizenship is taken extremely seriously in every country on the face of the earth and, in fact, in many ways, other countries are far more concerned about the distinction between aliens and citizens.
Countries certainly have the right, indeed the imperative of denying the entry of an alien into its territory and also retain the right to remove aliens from their territory if those aliens are found to have engaged in activities that are contrary to the best interests of that nation.
Libs have their own definition of the term ‘illegal’, although it changes with the prevailing Democrat political winds.
I had the opportunity to hear D.A. King speak on the topic of illegal aliens and the cost to this country. His URL http://www.thedustininmansociety.org/index.html Although, the Dustin Inman Society has its focus on Georgia the site has a wealth of information pertinent to all.
The Constitution is un-Constitutional.
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