I have to agree with my classmates post about the new Arizona immigration law. I wrote about this last week and it rubbed me the wrong way then, and it still rubs me the wrong way now, which it probably will until they get rid of it.
I agree with her completely when she says that yes, it is necessary to have some sort of law, but they need to find a different way to go about it. I also agree when she says that immigrants take the jobs that most Americans consider crappy jobs. My grandmother became naturalized many moons ago, but since she cannot speak English, it was very hard for her to find a decent paying job so she had to resort to being a maid/nanny like almost ever other immigrant. She basically raised her boss's children, cleaned, did their laundry, and whatever else the "man" wanted her to do for a crappy salary.
All in all, I think Arizona needs to get rid of this law and they need to sit and ponder to come up with a better way to take care of this "problem" with a less humiliating/ridiculous/every other synonyms for these words law.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010
I bet Mexicans clean their house...
I bet you can tell what I am going to write about just by my title. Arizona passed this ridiculous immigration law. The measure requires police to question anyone they have reason to suspect of being in the United States illegally about their immigration status. To me, this is just STUPID!
Having family that "may or may not" be here illegally, I think this hits even closer to home. I know that I am supposed to be talking about National government, but I happen to think, as well as many other Americans, that this issue concerns the nation as a whole.
Many people say that the Federal government is not doing enough and so now the states should step in. Although this is true, I think that there should be less harsh ways to go about it, rather than encouraging racial profiling. Now don't get me wrong, I think yes, there should be strict laws in place for immigration issues because I think that America should try and help the Americans in need rather than just adding to the problem and helping out the many illegal immigrants here in the states that are using federal and state tax money, to which they contribute nothing to.
In an article I read about this issue, it states that on "page 1 of the bill that no police officer can use race, ethnic origin, color or country of origin as a basis to form reasonable suspicion." This law being in Arizona, right on top of Mexico, I highly doubt that a police officer will walk up to a black, white, or Asian man or woman and question whether or not they are here legally. Instead, they will question the brown people that are doing construction work or maybe cleaning a legislator's house while getting paid less than what I got paid when I was 6 or 7 years old for doing chores around the house, just so they can support their family who was going hungry while they lived in Mexico or risked being killed because of the drug wars going on down there.
According to the Gallup polls and what I have read, a little more that half of Americans are all for this law, despite the huge uproar and protests that are going on. I am in the middle on where I stand on the immigration issue as a whole. I have heard many of the pros and cons of illegal immigrants being in America and I can agree with both sides. What I don't agree with is the way Arizona is going about the issue. The law says that officers cannot go after someone because of what they look like or whatever. Well how in the hell else are you going to have enough reasonable suspicion as to whether or not someone is here illegally? I may not be the smartest person and I may not know much on this issue, but I think in some way or another, this has to violate the Fourth Amendment. Even though a bunch of old bags who know the law pretty well came up with this law, there has to be something wrong with this law. I may not know exactly what it is, but it will come out one way or another.
Having family that "may or may not" be here illegally, I think this hits even closer to home. I know that I am supposed to be talking about National government, but I happen to think, as well as many other Americans, that this issue concerns the nation as a whole.
Many people say that the Federal government is not doing enough and so now the states should step in. Although this is true, I think that there should be less harsh ways to go about it, rather than encouraging racial profiling. Now don't get me wrong, I think yes, there should be strict laws in place for immigration issues because I think that America should try and help the Americans in need rather than just adding to the problem and helping out the many illegal immigrants here in the states that are using federal and state tax money, to which they contribute nothing to.
In an article I read about this issue, it states that on "page 1 of the bill that no police officer can use race, ethnic origin, color or country of origin as a basis to form reasonable suspicion." This law being in Arizona, right on top of Mexico, I highly doubt that a police officer will walk up to a black, white, or Asian man or woman and question whether or not they are here legally. Instead, they will question the brown people that are doing construction work or maybe cleaning a legislator's house while getting paid less than what I got paid when I was 6 or 7 years old for doing chores around the house, just so they can support their family who was going hungry while they lived in Mexico or risked being killed because of the drug wars going on down there.
According to the Gallup polls and what I have read, a little more that half of Americans are all for this law, despite the huge uproar and protests that are going on. I am in the middle on where I stand on the immigration issue as a whole. I have heard many of the pros and cons of illegal immigrants being in America and I can agree with both sides. What I don't agree with is the way Arizona is going about the issue. The law says that officers cannot go after someone because of what they look like or whatever. Well how in the hell else are you going to have enough reasonable suspicion as to whether or not someone is here illegally? I may not be the smartest person and I may not know much on this issue, but I think in some way or another, this has to violate the Fourth Amendment. Even though a bunch of old bags who know the law pretty well came up with this law, there has to be something wrong with this law. I may not know exactly what it is, but it will come out one way or another.
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