American Democracy works in AZ

I had a chance to watch American Democracy in action today.

I went down to the state capitol for some training as a docent at the AZ Capitol Museum. When I came out three hours later, the lawn was filled with protestors, TV and radio people, police, and some legislators. People were chanting, yelling, talking, and watching as the drama that is the Arizona Legislature rolls on.

The AZ Legislature has passed a bill that makes it illegal to be in Arizona if you are not in the US legally. SB1070 gives the police the ability to arrest a person if they cannot prove that they are in the US LEGALLY. They use a driver's license, ID card, passport, or green card as proof. Police may ask you to prove your citizenship or alien status during a traffic stop, or if they may stop a person if they Have REASONABLE CAUSE to believe that the person is in the country illegally.

Opponents say this will lead to racial profiling, and people will be pulled over just because of the color of their skin. Proponents believe that no such problem will happen. Is someone is not breakig the law in the first place, then they should not worry. If here illegally, then there could be problems.

Others believe that the Arizona legilature is usurping the US government which is doing nothing about the porous borders of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. This group believes that the borders should be left up to the feds. BUT, if it is not going to rotect the border, then who should?

Governor Brewer really does not have to do anything. If she does not sign the bill by Saturday, it becomes law anyway. She needs to take a stance, but she probably won't. Either signing or vetoing the law woulud mean political suicide for her re-election. In my eyes, NOT taking a stand means a lot more, and would be the same thing.

The law is a good one. It is time that someone says the unthinkable. We need to close our borders and start making people do things the right way. If I want some to come into my house, then I let them in through the FRONT door. If they break in through the back door or sneak in, then I call the police and file a complaint for burglary. Same here. The people that do things the right way can stay and have nothing to fear. Those that sneak in the back door, they need to be arrested, charged, tried, and if convicted, either imprisoned or deported, or both.

What do you think Mexico does the people who enter that country illegally? Do they give them aid and a driver's license? I don't think so!

This whole thing is much ado about nothing... the laws are there, the Federal government needs to grow a pair and do something.

One final word, US Rep Raul Grijalva needs to step down for calling for a boycott of his own state. He is not representing the state. 70 percent of Arizonans who were questioned, approve of the bill. Grijalva is not putting the will of the people first, but rather the philosophy of some who contributed to his campaign.

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