On April 23, 2010, Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed SB1070 into law. This new law goes into effect in July, and it makes it a misdemeanor to be an illegal immigrant in the state of Arizona. It also cracks down on those who harbor or shelter illegal immigrants.
My opinion: The governor is a racist. How many of us have left the house without our ID? Well, if you look like a "foreigner", be prepared to be racially profiled and possibly arrested by law enforcement officers who are now authorized to require immigration or citizenship status from anyone they stop. All they need is 'reasonable suspicion' that the person is an immigrant. So if you dont sound like Opie and you are light tan or darker, you might just find yourself in trouble. Sad.
In a country full of immigrants, it kills me that we have such ridiculous rules about immigration. Now I fully agree that terrorists not be able to bring their behinds over here, but anyone else seeking legal citizenship, sure. We have so many lazy Americans here who arent contributing anything to this country, and if someone wants to come over here and put in a hard days work, let them. Considering the white man stole this country from the Native North American tribes, we have a whole lot of nerve to try to tell other people they can't come over here too. Everyone is up in arms about this new law, and even the MLB players union has condemned the law. And White Sox head coach (gotta plug my Sox whenever possible) Ozzie Guillen stated that he would not attend MLB events held in Arizona if the situation arose. And I respect that. He said he always has to stand up for his people, being that he is Latino.
Laws designed to allow racial profiling only end up causing a rift in the communities in which they are enforced. We need to do better America, we really do.
