Ok, first off… Joy, you beat me to it. I was writing a similar post, but it got hampered because I couldn’t find stats (my life got in the way) on what the illegals are paid under the table. And I’ll get to that in a minute.
1. There already exists a law just like the one that the state of Arizona has put into place. It is a federal law, and the Feds have not enforced it. (In fact, in the case of some Border Patrol Officers, the officers are thrown into Solitary Confinement, and the illegals – who are also drug runners – go free. And are brought back, on Taxpayer Dollars, to testify against the Border Patrol Officers who were simply doing their jobs.) The Feds *already* have the right to “ask for your papers” if they suspect that you are here illegally. They can ask for them if they suspect you of any nefarious deed, actually. If I’m standing on a street corner asking men to go behind that tree with me for money, I can be asked for my papers. If I want to fly anywhere, on a commercial airliner, I am not only asked for my “papers”, I am subject to my bags and my person being rifled through and inspected in the most humiliating way, and if I refuse, on the grounds of “illegal search and seizure” (remember the Constitution?), I am treated like a criminal and, at the very least, escorted from the airport. I risk being thrown in jail, because I wish to assert my Constitutional Rights, but illegals can wander across the border freely? (what part of “Illegal” is unclear?)
Now, why did AZ have to pass this law? Citizens were being harmed. Did you know that Phoenix is either the #1 or #2 ranked city IN THE WORLD for kidnapping? Mexico is on fire. Their drug-running problem is out of control, and it’s spilling over our borders. And the Feds turn a blind eye, turn a deaf ear, when their own citizens cry out for help, but when people who are here illegally demand their “rights” (welfare, free healthcare, social security), our government is suddenly awake and alert, because, God Forbid, they be seen as “racist”. The situation is upside down, and Arizona had no choice but to right it. The state is going bankrupt thanks to all of this illegal activity, and they HAD to take steps.
2. The law is NOT racist. It is putting trust – well-placed trust that we use EVERY SINGLE DAY – into the hands of trained police officers.
When someone robs a bank, we trust police officers to take the information they have, including the description of the thief …build, hair color, eye color, any distinguishing marks (scars, tattoos), and, yes, race – to bring the Bad Guy to justice. Nobody yells “racism” then. But here we have an entire group of people – yes, most share a race – who have proudly labeled themselves “illegal”, and the federal government not only sits on their own thumbs, but they have also tied the hands of police to do anything about it. People are being raped, kidnapped, murdered, and the Feds do nothing, because they might be seen as “racist.”
Illegal means illegal. You rob a bank or come here outside the proper channels, and you’ve committed a crime. Go home or go to jail.
3. The Anchor Baby law should be repealed. For those who are unfamiliar, in a nutshell that law states that any child born on U.S. Soil is automatically granted citizenship. To my knowledge, we are the only country that has a law like this. And, again, to my knowledge, it was put in place to circumvent some of the crap that was going on with slavery before, during, and after the Civil War. The ‘Anchor Baby’ law (so nicknamed with the onslaught of illegals, not the pre-1860 slave trade) was to assist the children of Slaves to become citizens so they would have a vote, etc. The law should have had a sunset. Either it did not, or it continues to be renewed.
Now, that law is being used against us. People KNOW that they can come here and have babies, so they do. And they also know that if they have a baby who is a citizen, they can use our compassion against us, because it would be “cruel” of US to send those illegal parents home without their children. Well, whose fault is it, really? Ours, for being nice and letting you have a baby in our clean hospital (and not charging you for it), or yours for using our charity against us? It’s time to eliminate that law, and if it is, I have no doubt that suddenly, illegal immigration will diminish. It won’t solve it, but it will sure eliminate some of it.
3. The illegals who are coming here are modern-day slaves. The phrase that keeps getting knocked around is “they do jobs that Americans just won’t do”. But that’s only half the truth, isn’t it? The truth is, “they do jobs that Americans just won’t do FOR THE PAY THAT THEY’RE RECEIVING UNDER THE TABLE.” Many of these illegals, migrants, whatever you want to call them, are being paid pathetically low wages. Well under the Legal Minimum Wage. They are paid in cash, on a day-by-day basis. (This also means that FICA, etc., are not taken out, but that’s another argument) They live in tenements, at best, often with multiple families in one house. These people are modern-day slaves. It amazes me that those who are still trying, today, to get reparations for “African American” slavery don’t see – or refuse to see – that similar crap is happening to these people.
4. Anyone who cannot see that this is not about human rights, but about votes, is a fool. I’m sorry to be so blunt, but there it is, out in the open. Why else would there be this huge push to “legalize” the illegals, but, at the same time, such massive resistance against Photo IDs presented at the Polling Place, in an effort to eliminate voter fraud? Why is it so horrible to ask for “papers” or proof of legality when you’re acting suspicious, but it’s ok for Mickey Mouse to vote, multiple times?
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