Arizona vs Mexico?
There has been a lot of talk about Arizona’s controversial laws as of late, specifically the SB 1070: “Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act”. For those of you who’ve been living under a rock, let me fill you in on the details:
Arizona and its residents have been complaining for a long time about the presence of illegals (coming over the border from Mexico). This has allegedly resulted in increased drug traffic, increased violent crime and a heavy increase in costs for medical care and prisons. (According to Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen)
The law is basically this:
The new SB1070 Arizona immigration bill lets the state police perform checks on a “reasonable suspicion” that a person might be an illegal immigrant and make arrests for not carrying ID papers. Previously, police could not stop and check identification papers on a mere suspicion that someone might be an illegal immigrant. Police could only ask about an individual’s immigration status if they are suspected of involvement in another crime. quote source
Supporters claim the law will help enforce arresting and deporting illegal aliens, those against the bill claim that this will usher in a “Nazi Germany” type of environment where regular Americans (naturally born, or naturalized) will be constantly harassed, illegitimately arrested and detained.
Even though we are only in the eve of seeing this new law in action, already there have been reported cases of the worst case scenario which leads to only more questions around the simple morality of the law.
It seems to me that this law is the knee-jerk-reaction to the federal government not doing enough to solve the problem, which is too many people getting past the “border patrol” (who have a long history of dropping the ball).
In the event that you find yourself in massive credit card debt, the first step is to STOP USING THE CARD before attempting to pay off the balance. Seems like common sense here that the same solution can be applied. Let’s concentrate on fixing the border problem before passing laws to combat the problem after it has already happened.