As I understand the story, this nation was founded by folks who wanted freedom so much they were willing to travel to an unknown place, thousands of miles away and start from scratch. All they began with was their brains and brawn and willingness to work. In time, their founding effort grew to become the greatest country on Earth.
From the beginning, and in view of their own efforts and sacrifice, they kept the entry doors open to all others who wished to come here too. Provided that those others went through the process of immigration, and once accepted, agreed to play by the rules. For the most part, the mixes and blends of arrivals into the system proved beneficial to all.
Jumping ahead to today, while the process of legal immigration remains in place, there’s another wrinkle. A continual flow of people tries to circumvent the system by entering illegally, mostly from Mexico, to date amounting to upwards of 12 million people.
If those were just folks showing up, melting into the pot and paying their way, as done by the others before them, there likely would be no problem. But, it seems, there’s been a slight change in perspective. These people don’t want to meld into our system at all. Their goal is earning income however that might be done, legally or not, no contribution to any kind of taxes and the grabbing of public and social services with both hands, especially from our medical system.
In order to try to cope with the overwhelming costs and dangers caused by illegal immigration, the state of Arizona recently passed a new law, requiring those suspected of an infraction to prove who they are. All this law really says in effect is, if you’re a citizen of the U.S. or are here legally otherwise, prove it. For most, that’s a thirty second chore.
But now the ABA and ACLU have jumped into the fray, by objecting to Arizona’s new law. They say, “if the law is implemented, it will promote racial profiling, lead to unlawful and unreasonable detentions and cause increased burdens and new obligations for the state's indigent defense system, courts and prosecutors.”
So what are we supposed to do? Walk away, stick our heads in the sand and pay the costs of illegals because profiling is a “no-no.” That’s ridiculous. But so are the ABA and ACLU on most occasions.
So, how about this. Why don’t both organizations back down a bit, give the new law a chance and see what happens before they shoot off their mouths full of what-ifs? Because, let’s suppose for a moment that the combination of law and beefed up border patrols really does reduce illegal immigration. Maybe the word will go out that the USA isn’t so easy to breach anymore, and maybe some illegals in jail will scare many others off. Then there won’t be this overwhelming number of folks to arrest or clog up the courts.
And I know this next one is a tough one for the ABA and ACLU to consider, but for once maybe they could both do something for their fellow citizens by keeping quiet instead of representing every downtrodden cheat and illegal crook they can find.
That’s it for today folks.
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