The furor over the Arizona bill that says it will enforce America's border laws to keep illegal immigrants out of the country, something the Obama people don't want to do, reveals the depth of America's political and moral decay.
We have laws on the books. Enforce them or move to repeal them. There is nothing in our Constitution that gives any person, including the President, the right to decide which laws to enforce and which to ignore...or what portions of the Constitution are still relevant and which aren't, or who should get favored government treatment and who shouldn't.
There are vital reasons for our immigration laws, including:
* health reasons to keep contagion out of our country
* security reasons to keep terrorists out
* police reasons to keep criminals out
* educational reasons to keep our schools open to our citizens who pay for them
There is one reason not to enforce our immigration laws: to curry the favor of voters of Latin American, Spanish or Mexican heritage...the same heritage of most illegal immigrants...most of whom vote Democratic.
The argument that the new Arizona law will allow Arizona police to engage in racial profiling, is specious. Nothing in the law permits it, and any law can be enforced improperly. If police are found to be engaging in racial profiling, or any other misconduct, they ought be appropriately punished. It is ludicrous to argue that our welfare and security are threatened more by the possibility of police misconduct than by the documented illegal activities of illegal immigrants. People here legally will not be bothered to be asked for papers, they will be happy the gendarmes are doing their job and helping to keep them safe. Only the illegals will be bothered...and they should be!
So, Pres. Obama, do the job we are paying you to do, or vamoose, take a trip...perhaps to Mexico. But be sure to bring your papers, Mexico is one of those foolish countries that won't let you in without them.
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