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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
I don't think the bill itself places any pressures at all. I think it would be political pressure, whether from political peers or the press. I was just thinking that from his perspective, he could be pressured politically into taking a more stringent stance in order to be "consistent." Only time will tell on that.
Likewise, while the bill itself seems fairly routine, I can see how some bright-eyed-bushy-tailed redneck racist cop could use it as an excuse to trample on people he's always wanted to smash. Make sense? I think that's what people are afraid of--not the bill itself. People are fearful of those who will use the new empowerment to exercise their hatred for illegal immigrants.
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Those kind of "cops" are criminals and usually get ferreted out by their own excesses. An example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUkiy...layer_embedded
I don't know if this (now) former police officer was a racist or a redneck - but he sure seemed to hate bicyclists. Unfortunately, there are plenty of idiots that get into law enforcement. Silencing or tying the hands of good cops won't change that sad fact.
America has an out of control illegal immigration problem that is putting stresses upon our communities and public services. We need to address that.
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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
I know that I've heard malicious comments about illegal immigrants among political conservatives, even among Christian groups, and the viciousness can be pretty disturbing. So while I recognize that the bill itself is fair, and I think the pastor's vote was fair, I can see how the whole process could be problematic in the future.
Then again, any steps taken toward fixing the problem of illegal immigration is going to be problematic, to put it lightly. The Arizona debacle is a microcosm of what would happen if the federal government took direct action. Can you imagine if this was California passing a bill instead of AZ?  |
Actually, California did pass a similar - though more far reaching bill - Prop. 187. That was dropped when Gray Davis was elected governor.
The Federal government does take
direct action - a lot of times. And there are other Arizona laws that are more onerous to illegals than this new one like the human smuggling felony charge that PO mentioned earlier.
There is just so much misinformation about this law. All this law really does is to undo Janet Napolitano's "sanctuary law" and other local ordinances that have conflicted with the Federal laws.
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=36865
This law introduces nothing new. It merely requires that all other laws and ordinances in AZ conform to the U.S. Federal Codes cited within the law itself.