Arizona Immigration Law

Arizona is on its way to getting a new law passed SB1070, an immigration law that the state has come up with to fight illegal immigration into Arizona. Living in Texas we hear about illegal immigration all the time, we watch the shows Border Wars and others and it seems as hard as the US works to keep illegals out the influx of those coming in is constant. Immigration is of course a federal matter but I think states such as Arizona, Texas, any border states if need be should be allowed to enforce as a state as well. This new law brings stricter ways of identifying aliens and how to deal with them. But how can we determine at first glance who is a non-citizen? This question is causing those to say this will encourage racial profiling, seeing as most of these immigrants are hispanic. But I dont think this is so, Mexico is our neighbor and our country has millions of hispanic cictizens along with millions of illegal ones. I think if you come from a border state you know diversity and racial profiling is not what anyone would want because those are our friends, in my case our family, and neighbors. No one wishes to see those wrongfully accused, but there is a job to do and I think those who seem suspicious as the SB1070 law states will be questioned, and if there is nothing to hide you have your papers and its understood that this is the law there shouldnt be any hurt feelings. Living abroad in China last year I knew as a visitor on a work visa I had certain papers to carry on me at all times, its the law and I didnt feel singled out when asked for said papers, obviously Im American but I had every right to be there. And those who have rights in this country, citizens should see this as a way to make our states, our country a better place for all. Those who do illegal things like coming here illegally should be removed, because the worst people are the people who feel that the law doesnt apply to them. President Barack Obama has criticized the Arizona law, calling it a threat to “basic notions of fairness.” Pretty sure Obama is looking out for these hispanic citizens, not for fairness but for votes. I think Federal laws against immigration can and should be paired with states laws to prevent illegal immigration.

Yes, Really and Ridiculous

The War on Drugs, Really?


Halleluiah my friend, to everything you’ve said and more, it is time for a new approach to the war on drugs, since Nixon first coined the slogan, the amount of drugs in and consumed in the U.S. has only increased. Along with profit for the cartels and outrageous over flow in our federal prisons. Right now the U.S. is second in the world for highest incarceration rate, but we are most definitely going to soon take over that title. With the majority of these prisons inmates drug offenders as you said the focus is not where it should be on rehabilitating these people. Its seems to me that enforcement is the main focus not the social problem of drugs in our society. Arresting small-time dealers does little but create business opportunities for others. Its time for something new, first like you said marijuana is not a drug; you will never hear of someone dying from smoking too much pot. I swear its amazing the focus on prohibition. Its like wake up that is never ever going to happen. What would be so wrong with legalizing something that is so commonly used be a wide range of demographics; creating billions of jobs and revenue for our country and at the same time undermine criminals and their illegal activity.

Every thing I have ever read on the subject says since the war on drugs began things have only gotten worse, I have even read and I’m almost certain it could be true that some of our own national government institutions make some sort of profit on the drugs brought into the US. And even if that’s not so think of how much seizing of these drugs it would take to hurt the cartels something like 75% to even hurt their profits. Its ridiculous having old fashioned views and ways of dealing with something that is evolving and most definitely not going away maybe instead we could have regulated legalization, along with rehabilitation for those who need it. Just something new, because the way things are going now there is only more violence, more drugs, and even more prisons to hold these drug offenders to come.