[Vision2020] Racism Enshrined in Arizona Law

[keely emerinemix]

Wayne writes:

"There is a process, for better or worse, that allows 
folks that are not US citizens access to the US and to jobs in the US. 
>From what I understand, the AZ law isn't going after those 
folks at all. It is focused on the illegal immigrants."

It may be "focused on the illegal immigrants," Wayne, but it's "going after" every single Latino-surnamed, Mexican-looking, Spanish-speaking person in Arizona, who will now cease to enjoy the same protections under law that you and I have -- for no reason other than fear, fear that suggests that WE will somehow be safer if THEY have to produce proof of legal residency.  

Keely
www.keely-prevailingwinds.com




CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
From: bear at moscow.com
To: kjajmix1 at msn.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Racism Enshrined in Arizona Law
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:30:50 -0700

Keely,
While I agree that this has opened a whole can of worms as far as profiling, DWM, etc, etc,  What can or should be done about ILLEGAL immigrants?
There is a process, for better or worse that allows folks that are not US citizens access to the US and to jobs in the US. From what I understand, the AZ law isn't going afterthose folks at all. It is focused on the illegal immigrants.
Solutions?








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On Apr 23, 2010, at 3:26 PM, keely emerinemix wrote:Arizona Governor Signs a Controversial Immigration Bill
> 
> Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona signed a bill that would require
> the police to ask people about their immigration status if
> officers have any reason to suspect that they are in the
> country illegally.  (NY Times, April 23, 2010)


This is shameful.

"Any reason to suspect" that someone is in the country illegally means simply that "anyone who looks Mexican" could have their race, language, ethnicity, customs become probable cause for questioning.  The idea of "driving while Mexican" used to be a wry, sick joke.  Now, it's a cornerstone for "law and order," and it reeks.

I hope our local "Libertarians" and freedom lovers join me in condemning this bill with all vehemence.  Because if not, the silence from their keyboards, fieldhouses, and offices would be deafening, given the incessant braying recently about the State's denial of rights, pronounced threats to liberty, and an alarming erosion of Constitutional and family values.

Keely
www.keely-prevailingwinds.com

Keely
www.keely-prevailingwinds.com



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