Well I honestly don't think that it will be but a few years, and Arizona will be changing their immigration laws again. Do they really think that the immigration bill was a good idea? Now Arizona police will have the right to pull anyone over and ask them for their papers. Hmm... Racial profiling... Do they really think that that is right? Yes, there U.S. immigration laws which are basically the same as Arizona's laws, but they don't get enforced stringently enough. But making it as easy as saying... Look, there's a person with brown skin, let’s see if he is legal? That will get annoying really quick to both the police and the Latinos.
Second, do they really think that their economy will survive long? I don't think so. Like it or not, illegal immigrants do the jobs that Americans don't want. They do what they have to do to survive, and our economy survives because of their help. I was listening to the radio a few days ago, and they were talking about a city up north, (in Iowa or Indiana.... somewhere up there) and they passed the same sort of bill. Know what the end results were? The cities economy went down the shitter and didn't recover. So let me ask this again, Arizona, do you really think that that was the best decision that you could have made?
I just hope Texas won't make the same mistake? I personally don't think they will.
Look I've said this in other posts, I don't have a problem with immigrants coming over to make better lives for themselves, but do it the legal way! Now because Arizona has decided that racial profiling is legal, more illegal immigrants will be trying to come to Texas to find work in an already shitty job market.
In closing, congratulations Arizona! In my opinion you guys look like idiots on this one.
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In Jason’s blog, “Arizona…Really?” shared some interesting views that I definitely agree with. I do believe that the new Arizona law is a legalized form of “racial profiling” and in no way do I support such harassment but in all honesty, I must say, “about time” some other ethnic groups begin to feel the pain that African Americans have been feeling for ages. African Americans, particularly males have been charged with the crime that we call, “Driving While Black.” Jason stated, “Look, there’s a person with brown skin, let’s see if he is legal?” Well our culture gets, “Look, there’s a black guy, let’s stop him just for the hell of it.”
ReplyDeleteJason makes a strong point of asking if our economy will survive long. That’s a good though provoking question. In all honesty, even though I am African American, any type of service that I need; car repairs, yard maintenance, home repairs, moving services, I look for Hispanics to do the job. I never know whether they are illegal or not and don’t ask. I know that I will get outstanding service at a reasonable price. I do know that illegal immigrants do a lot of jobs that we don’t want to do so in to personally answer your question; I think that there would be a difference without the services of illegal immigrants. But, something does need to be done about border patrol.
One thing that has always baffled me is the ability to properly secure the borders. What private deal did President Bush and the President of Mexico make behind closed doors; some sort of kick back for allowing passage of illegal immigrants? I truly believe that if the government really wanted to do something about the issue, they would. I’m not talking about this crazy law either.
Jason stated that he doesn’t think that Texas will make the same mistake. Well, I found out about this law because I heard bits and pieces on the news that Texas is actually considering it. After hearing what the news said, I goggled up Arizona to see what this new fuss was all about. I was amazed when I read about it.
In conclusion, I definitely do not agree with the new law and understand the views expressed in Jason’s blog, but to you, Jason, all I can say is, don’t be surprised to find that Texas may one day be on the band wagon.
Chantell