It is the belief of the law’s opponents that this law is just a legal route to racial profiling and violation of civil rights because the majority of illegals in the nation are of Hispanic descent. The law’s wording does not specify any one group of people falls under this statute, just illegals, which cover all illegals no matter their race, creed, religion or nationality.
Prior to proposing any legislation regarding immigration, those states that are considering imposing laws similar to Arizona’s should wait and observe how this pans out. If the decision is in Arizona’s favor, seeing how they go about implementing it, how it takes shape and how it helps the problem would be the best course for other states to follow before implementing one of its own. The question of economics also should be taken into consideration since such laws normally bring constitutional challenges in court by organizations that advocate for civil rights, and in this case, boycotts could be very harmful.
If this is indeed a warning from the federal government to the states thinking about implementing laws similar to Arizona’s, the United States government, Obama and his crew, need to come up with a workable plan to protect our borders instead of just accepting responsibility for the failure to do so.
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1 - Arch Conservative
Is there any doubt that if it were 12 million illegal pale white Frenchman streaming over our border illegally, demanding to be catered to in French, using our hospital ER's for free healthcare, bringing the gangs with them, receiving all manner of social welfare benefits and generally showing a contemptuous disdain for the laws and legal citizens of this nation that same people objecting to Mexicans doing it would still object.
For a very, very small portion of the those opposing the illegals and supporting tougher laws such as the one in Arizona, racism may in fact be at the heart of their opposition. But for the vast majority of Americans it's just about being fed up as we watch millions break our laws and thumb their noses at us while doing it. Mexico does not stand for it on their southern border so why should we?
The federal govt, thats Dems and Reps, have their own selfish reasons for wanting to ignore the situation. Nobody in Washington gives a damn about how this issue actually affects American citizens or the health and future of this nation. Our current federal government has a great deal in common with the reign of King George III.
2 - JustSomeGuy
From a practical standpoint, the arizona law may not be entirely without merit. But the fact is that immigration is the exclusive domain of the federal government, and states can't set their own immigration policy, even if they aren't satisfied with the way it's being enforced (or not enforced, as the case may be).