So - what do you think of the Arizona immigration bill?

Quess we'll see how it all pans out. I think for the most part, I am only reading people who are in agreement with this action.

Jayjay, that is my take on this. It is a bill to allow the state to do the border patrols job.

I don't have a problem with any local law enforcement cracking down on illegal immigration.

I do have a problem with those in the political realm putting on a show that is completely unnecessary.

I looked up the actual bill and read it and think zal explains it well. I don't see why anyone would be against it....unless they're in our country illegally.

I have a solution that I think would solve both the US and Mexico's problems. The poor economic conditions in Mexico are caused by its governmental system. The system is highly corrupt. The rich are able to maintain their standard of living while the poor have no opportunity to improve their lives. The corruption fosters a thriving and extremely violent narcotics trade which wreaks havoc on Mexico and threatens the US as well. The Mexican government has proven itself to be unwilling or unable to provide for the welfare of its citizens.

My solution: The US can annex Mexico. Each Mexican state would automatically become a state of the US. Its population would immediately become US citizens and be subject to all the benefits and responsibilites of US citizenship. The US would benefit by gaining a large, hard working population as well as substantial oil fields which are currently being run very inefficiently. Mexicans would benefit by having the full faith and credit of the US government as well as a stable relatively honest system. Of course problems of language and other issues would need to be worked out.

(This may be more appropriate as a separate thread, but while we are on the subject, I thought I'd throw this out there)

I looked up the actual bill and read it and think zal explains it well. I don't see why anyone would be against it....unless they're in our country illegally.

Then we'd have to be officially a bilingual country. How do you think that would go over?

zal does explain it well, but IMHO supporters of the bill underplay the opportunity for profiling and abuse. That's my primary objection.

Let's face it: since it's such a controversial measure, Arizona will be under great pressure to be able to demonstrate that the legislation is working to reduce illegal immigration. On the other hand, the police will also be under tremendous scrutiny from civil rights groups that oppose it, and the statistics on their traffic and other stops will be analyzed relentlessly. If "profiling" trends appear, you can guarantee that there will be additional lawsuits.

Now that I think about it, that's a thankless position for any police force to be in. . . .