Fellow blogger, Backwoods Political Insight, also did a commentary on Arizona’s Illegal Immigration Law. He states that even though he opposes parts of the law, due to possible racial profiling, protesting and possible violence, that there are other parts that he does agree with. Much like me, I agree that law around illegal immigration when it comes to drug trafficking is necessary. There are too many illegal drugs that are coming from the other side of our borders, polluting our schools and streets. BPI also mentions the economic side of illegal immigration, by collecting money from the undocumented aliens to give them the chance to enjoy freedom and be legal, while also paying the necessary taxes that all legal, working citizens are required to pay. In his conclusion he made a well stated point regarding the death of the rancher in Arizona, “with a tragedy like this calls for forceful measures and are sometimes necessary to make sure it no longer happens.” As sad as the tragedy was, I couldn’t agree more. In many cases, it takes something horrific to happen to kick start a change. I enjoyed reading BPI’s post regarding Arizona’s Illegal Immigration Law.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Illegal Immigration.
I have to say I’m torn about the illegal immigration debate in Arizona and here’s why. One half says, “they are illegal immigrants” period. Meaning they came to the United States illegally, to live, work, have a better life, for whatever reason. But why not do it legally then? It’s like living in a house with open doors and windows and someone decides to sneak in, eat your food, sleep, etc. without your permission. Would you let them stay? Probably not. Unfortunately it seems the United States has always had an issue with illegal immigration and the connection to civil rights. And that is where my other half comes in.
Illegal immigrants, regardless if they are here illegally from Mexico or here illegally from another continent entirely, they are still human. And as humans we have rights. But the question still remains though, if you are in a country illegally, should you have the same rights or similar rights as the citizens? Where is the line drawn?
While doing research, and believe me there is a lot, I found quite a few people to be in favor of the Arizona law. Stating that regardless if an illegal immigrant seems to be a law abiding “citizen”, they are still illegally living in this country, which is…..illegal. And yes, while immigration should be on the federal level, clearly Arizona, felt the government is not doing enough.
Even after reading and doing more and more research I’m still on the fence, but probably more on the side of the fence that the United States does need to be in more control of the illegal immigration issue. I’m not necessarily saying Arizona’s law is right, because the law seems to be pretty broad, so that racial profiling is almost a given, but it's still a start, and it seems like a start in the right direction of gaining control.
Illegal immigrants, regardless if they are here illegally from Mexico or here illegally from another continent entirely, they are still human. And as humans we have rights. But the question still remains though, if you are in a country illegally, should you have the same rights or similar rights as the citizens? Where is the line drawn?
While doing research, and believe me there is a lot, I found quite a few people to be in favor of the Arizona law. Stating that regardless if an illegal immigrant seems to be a law abiding “citizen”, they are still illegally living in this country, which is…..illegal. And yes, while immigration should be on the federal level, clearly Arizona, felt the government is not doing enough.
Even after reading and doing more and more research I’m still on the fence, but probably more on the side of the fence that the United States does need to be in more control of the illegal immigration issue. I’m not necessarily saying Arizona’s law is right, because the law seems to be pretty broad, so that racial profiling is almost a given, but it's still a start, and it seems like a start in the right direction of gaining control.
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