The Arizona Situation

The Arizona Senate passed, and Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed into law, Senate Bill 1070.

This is a state law which makes it illegal to be in the United States illegaly, in Arizona.

This is an attempt by the State of Arizona to usurp Federal Immigration Law.

This will absolutely be struck down by the Supreme Court. Federal law always supercedes state law. Like it or not, the Civil War effectively decided that question.

The main concern is that this new law will give self-promoting, show-boating, rascist ass-hatts like Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio free reign to pull over any dark-complexioned person and start grilling them about their citizenship.

They claim that racial profiling cannot take place because the Po Po are only required to inquire about a suspect's citizenship if they are investigating another matter such as a traffic stop. They must have "probable cause".

But guess what? Olie Svenson who retired from the Minneapolis Department of Transportation and moved to Tuscon can call the police and say "Hey der. Hate to bodder you but ders dis Messican mowin' de lawn next door der, and I think he might be one o' dem 'illegal immigrants'. Ya might want to check him out! He looks pretty dark to me!"

Boom! Probable cause. Legitimate citizen report of possible illegal activity. Now the police can go question Olie's Mexican neighbor to if his "papers are in order" without any obligtion to see if Olie's "papers are in order".

That's bullshit.

The United States cannot have 50 different International Immigration Laws.

Can Arizona just make up their own foreign policy? Nope! They don't get to decide who gets into America (of which they are a part). Not their call.

Should The United States shit or get off the pot and decide how they are going to address and ENFORCE immigration on every border (not just the Mexican)? Absofuckinglutely.

If we are going to have a fence between the U.S. and Mexico we should build a fence between the U.S. and Canada. Immigration policy and border enforcement should be consistant, not conditional.

We need a comprehensive immigration policy which applies equally to all borders and is enforced with the same effort.