I know I said I didn’t want to talk about politics but what I meant was that I don’t want to talk about the election. I still have issues I will post about. Illegal immigration is one of them. There is a piece by the New York Times, linked by Drudge that caught my attention today.
PHOENIX — The police in this city at the center of the immigration debate will soon ask all people arrested whether they are in the United States legally and will in certain cases report the information to the federal authorities, Mayor Phil Gordon announced on Friday.
People stopped for civil traffic violations like speeding will not be questioned, nor will crime victims or witnesses.
All those arrested on criminal charges like drunken driving and murder will be asked by officers whether they are in the United States legally.
Sounds good to me. I have the same concerns mentioned later in the article, that it doesn’t go far enough, but I think it’s a damn fine start. Cops asking criminals if they are also here illegally. Nothing wrong with that at all. Phoenix is a city full of Hispanics and a good part of them are here illegally. Why not try to stem the tide a little bit?
The program departs from a policy that is more than 10 years old that bars officers from asking people about their legal status in most cases. It also sets Phoenix apart from most other big cities with large immigrant populations, including New York and Los Angeles. The police in those cities generally avoid such questions over fears that they would lead to racial profiling and discourage immigrants from cooperating with the police.
Racial profiling? Whatchu talkin’ ’bout Willis? A white dude with no accent is not likely to be an illegal immigrant. Racial profiling works you regardless of what the liberal bleeding hearts would have us believe. When a single racial group is also the largest population of illegal immigrants then you need to target that racial group. It’s basic common sense. Hispanics are that group. There are more Hispanics here illegally than any other racial group. You can toss around buzzwords like “racial profiling” to try and mask what common sense dictates but it’s all a bunch of crap. If we want to stem the tide of illegal immigrants then we need to target Hispanics plain and simple. If we can turn the tide at that border then we need to look at the Asian community. We don’t need to stop until we stem the tide of illegal immigrants of all races.
Antonio D. Bustamante, a member of Los Abogados, a Hispanic legal group in Phoenix, said the policy changed “only because of xenophobia” and people “who hate the undocumented without understanding the huge contribution they make to the city and the economy.”
What a moron. I am not xenophobic in the least. I support every immigrant who has entered this country via legal means. I support their rights, their community, their place in America. I do not now and will never support anyone who’s very presence is an ongoing crime. The illegal aliens are not merely undocumented immigrants like the WOPs of old. They are illegally, by choice, knowingly breaking our immigration law. They commit fraud by getting fake SS numbers. They drain public resources. They are illegal and should be treated as criminals. We should ship them all back even if we have to do it one by one. And not just the Hispanics here illegally but every person regardless of race who has flaunted our laws.
By the way that’s just some choice quotes. Follow the link for the whole article. I have said my piece. Probably not very well due to the whole nicotine addiction kicking my ass at the moment. I have made it about an hour and a half at this point on the quitting smoking thing. Here’s hoping I can make the next half hour (taking it an hour at a time).