What is 1070? Here, read it for yourselves- www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/sb1070s.pdf
Uh Omra, got something shorter? Sure, here-
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/summary/s.1070pshs.doc.htm
Now that that is out of the way, let us begin… Those who lean to the left would have you believe the issue at hand is that of ‘Human Rights’, that the new law encourages racial profiling and that those of ‘Brown Skin’ will be harassed. And I say (to quote the late George Carlin), “B@llsh*t!” The law expressly forbids ‘Racial Profiling’; no one may be stopped or questioned because of their race or ethnicity. Your citizenship status will never come into question unless you are already being held because of a civil/criminal/traffic violation.
It is unconstitutional is another charge being leveled at Arizona, and I say… “B@;;sh*t” once again. Already existing Federal law was used as a guideline for drafting the bill. http://szczecin-ultima.blogspot.com/2010/05/professor-of-law-explains-sb-1070.html http://www.irli.org/bulletin410.html They were careful to mirror the Federal law when crafting the new one, so as to protect themselves from the heat they knew they would receive from the Obama Administration should the bill pass. They knew it would be perceived as a ‘slap in the face’ by the apathetic federal government and might face challenges in court.
What about those on the right? Well the right would have you believe that the bill was written because of an overburdened infrastructure, a massive budget deficit which has hemorrhaged because of illegal’s on the dole. And because of National security concerns, and high unemployment. Well, those problems do exist. And they are legitimate issues, and a growing concern here. But it is just more smoke and mirrors… No one wants to talk about the real problem!
Crime. http://www.newsmax.com/US/immigration-arizona-crime-kidnappings/2010/04/27/id/357099 Kidnapping. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ed1_1216831510 That’s right, Arizona is now the kidnapping capitol of the United States! But wait, that is not all… We are also number two IN THE WORLD! http://www.drugaddictiontreatment.com/addiction-news/drug-crimes/phoenix-number-two-kidnapping-capital-as-drug-cartel-wars-intensify/ Our little state has actually surpassed Brazil in kidnappings. And a majority of our ‘home invasions’ are actually ‘hits’ on/by various drug gangs and distributors. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,372202,00.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw-0nfVC2Rk
This is the ugly little secret no one wants to address, for fear of appearing even more racist or bigoted than the nation already thinks we are. Not everyone than crosses the border has ‘good intentions’, a large number of them are criminals. The cartel wars that are going on are not limited to ‘south of the border’, it is spilling over here too.
Now about those ‘Human Rights’ the liberals love to espouse and whine about. What about the fact that there are over 12 million people over here living as ‘second class citizens’, hiding in the shadows. Being exploited not only by employers, but by their OWN PEOPLE! How is this OK on any level? Not only am I subjected to news on a monthly basis about Mexican nationals found dead in the desert trying to get here, but about the ones held hostage by ‘coyotes’ in ‘safe houses’ for ransom. They are packed like sardines into rickety vehicles and smuggled here only to be beaten, robbed, raped and held hostage by scum who have no respect for human life. This sickens me…
It is bad enough that there are employers who have no qualms about hiring these illegal aliens and working them for little pay, in unsafe conditions. Terrified to speak out for fear of deportation or abuse from the police (they have been told by the employers and coyotes the police here are as bad as those back home). For six months I sat on the Grand Jury for Maricopa County, it was very eye opening. I knew every city had a dark underbelly, I just didn’t realize how bad it really was until I served. We think that because we live in the ‘informational age’ and have the internet we know what is going on. “B@llsh*t!” We are sheltered, we don’t know squat. And before you scream ‘Freedom of Information!” You should be glad that you don’t know what is going on around you. I wish I could bleach even a half of what heard during those six months out of my mind. A lot of times we would joke and laugh about the really stupid criminals on the way to our cars before going home, and believe me there were some real funny ones; but sometimes… You see there are prosecutors that specialize in certain crimes, and we got to know them on sight. When one of the ‘sex crime’ prosecutors would come in, the room would go deathly quiet; those were rough. But the one prosecutor we really hated seeing was the one who specialized in sex crimes against children. Those were the days when we went to our cars in silence, our souls scarred by what we had heard. Doing our utter best to hold ourselves together until we could reach the sanctuary of our vehicles. Those were the days I thanked God for the dark tinting on my SUV, because I would cry the entire way home.
Anyways, the reason I brought this up is. 80% of the cases we reviewed were with Spanish last names, take from that what you will. I found it rather revealing… So whenever a pundit on one of these news opinion shows starts spouting off about how “The majority of undocumented workers coming into American are law abiding people” I kind of snicker. I worked in the Hospitality Industry for 20 years, so I have seen thousands of illegal workers in my time. And it is true, most of them were the kindest and most industrious people you could hope to meet. But, how can I put this gently…. http://www.stateline.org/live/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=136&languageId=1&contentId=51473 There are just so damned many of them. So even if only 10% of the estimated 12 million in the US are bad apples, …… That’s a whole lotta applesauce!!! http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2008/04/10/number-of-illigral-immigrants-in-u-s-may-be-closer-to-20-million.aspx
For over 20 years we have asked the Federal Government for help, and they turned a deaf ear to us. So we passed this law. It is as simple as that. I could talk about the marches and rallies that the minority groups have held, or the inflammatory hate speech that spews from the ‘La Raza’ gatherings. E Verify, voter identification, day worker programs and so on… But why complicate things even further. I have just thrown a whole lot of information at you, I’ll let you digest that first.
I’ll get off of my soapbox now… Bye, and God Bless.
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