A major topic over the past few weeks has been the immigration law in Arizona. The Federal Government has gone as far to sue the state of Arizona for their opinions about the law being discriminating. This theory of discrimination is absurd. Yes, there are going to be those few cops that take advantage of the system, and unfortunately discriminate against the Hispanic population, but there are also going to be those law enforcers that really are trying to be neutral in determining who is an illegal immigrant and who isn’t.
This issue of discrimination is such a small issue compared to the larger issue at hand of being to reduce crime rate and send the illegal immigrants back to their home country. There is so much crime in Arizona from the drug cartels that no American citizen is safe! Sometimes the country or states have to take drastic measures for the benefit of the people. In this case of multiple deaths occurring on a day to day basis in Arizona, the state had to take measures into their own hands. There are people like Casey Stegall from Fox News who stated that the talk about crime rate is over-exaggerated. My comment on that though is that when he gave his facts on how crime rate has started to drop in the past year because the immigrants are leaving makes me support the law even more. If we can completely enforce the illegal immigrants to return to their natural home, then it will make our lives much easier and safer. So don’t we want the crime rate to drop in Arizona? Don’t we want our families to be safe? I know I do and I also know that we have no choice but to support this law for the good of our country.
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While I was reading the most recent blog posts of my classmates, I came across an entry entitled, “Oh Arizona…,” located on Kelsey Scott’s Government Blog. My classmate is very passionate about the Immigration law put into place recently in Arizona. She believes that it was a necessary law and that despite the Federal government’s view, it does not discriminate against the Hispanic population. She acknowledges the fact that some law enforcement agents will take advantage of the new law, but she believes that most will actually try to enforce it as neutrally as possible. She draws most of her attention to the drug cartels in Arizona and the increasing crime rate that supposedly comes with those operations. She is 100% in support of the immigration law.
While I do agree that something needs to be done with the growing immigration population in the United States, I feel that the law that Arizona put in place may have been a little too strong. Regardless of how you small of an issue you deem discrimination as, it is a protected right in our constitution. You cannot discriminate anybody based on race. One part of the law states that, “After any lawful stop, police can "determine the immigration status" of those they suspect of being in the country illegally. Unfortunately discrimination is going to play a factor in who cops deem worthy of being a suspect, especially those of the Hispanic ethnicity. The author of the blog even acknowledged at one point that some law enforcement agents will take advantage of the law. This is a problem. The reason that the Federal government sued Arizona actually had more to do with the fact that they believe the Arizona law infringes on the Federal government’s authority to enforce immigration law.
Illegal Immigration is not just a problem seen in Arizona. Immigration is a nationwide problem. Crime rates are not just increasing in Arizona. In fact, the preliminary statistics released by the FBI show that crime rates in certain categories have decreased as much as 10%.With that being said, I feel that you really cannot use the crime rate as a reason for deporting immigrants. The main reason we need to deport immigrants is the fact that our unemployment rate is hovering around 10%, and we give up over 8 million jobs to illegal immigrants who will work for significantly lower pay. Immigration should not be left up to the states to create and enforce laws. Our Federal government needs to issue nationwide law, a law that will not violate specific rights which are protected in our Constitution, like the amendment protecting citizens from discrimination. The wording of the Arizona law was too strict and it allows for too many protests from certain ethnic groups. Plus it could also potentially lead to a huge burden on legal resident aliens, who will fear walking the streets because they could potentially be arrested. Immigration is a problem but so is discrimination. Arizona law allows for too much discrimination, and our Federal government needs to yield this opportunity to stop the states from imposing their own immigration laws by creating a law that will protect every state from illegal immigrants.
I read Kelsey Scott’s blog, Oh Arizona…, regarding Arizona’s new immigration law. The audience for which this blog is intended includes the citizens of the Unites States whose lives are affected by the decisions made in Arizona. Kelsey supports Arizona’s implementation of the law because crime rates have been decreasing since the issue of illegal immigration has been paid more attention. If this law is making crime rates drop, and allowing us to live in a safer environment, then it should be implemented. She makes a point that the law is being put into action to protect the citizens of the US, not to necessarily discriminate against illegal immigrants.
However, I feel that no matter what the purpose of the law, if it requires discrimination to reach its final purpose, the law should not be imposed. That would bring us back years in the progress made during the Civil Rights movement. I do think, however, that the controversy sparked by Arizona’s immigration law has made the nation pay more attention to the issue of illegal immigration and its impacts on various states across the US. So, I don’t agree with Kelsey, as far as supporting the implementation of Arizona’s law, but I feel that the controversy over the implementation will bring more awareness about illegal immigration to the citizens of the US.
Kelsey I am completely 100% behind what you are saying. Sure there will be those officers who will abuse the law to their advantage and turn those they are hired to protect into victims, but that happens everywhere and Arizona is a big place. This is very important for us to enforce correctly though. Our problems at the border with the Mexican Drug Cartels and mass populations of illegal immigrants need eliminated in one form or another. Although American was once able to take in the world's sick, hungry, and poor it is no longer able to support so many people who take and take, but give nothing back. With unemployment numbers on the rise and illegals taking the jobs of U.S. Citizens some action must be taken. So I say let Arizona handle their issues their way. If you live in Arizona and you don't like it, then move because this is hopefully just the first step in removing our problems in our border states.
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