Liberty Postings

I am not sure how conservatives who on one day advocate small government and personal liberty can the next day support this terrifying new law in Arizona.  A police officer can now stop someone and ask to see his immigration papers simply because he looks like he isn’t in this country legally?  Wow.  That’s not subjective at all, now is it?

Officer Smith walks by two men speaking Spanish on the street and decides, “Well, they must have come across this border without permission.  I’m going to have a little talk with these fellows!”

What if a member of law enforcement is waiting in line at the post office and happens to notice the woman in front of him is sending a package to Venezuela.  Wait a second!  What business does a legitimate resident of America have sending anything to a foreign nation?  Let’s see some papers!!

Come to think of it, I’ve been teaching my young daughter some of the Russian I remember from my seven semesters of the language in college.  I better be careful not to speak too loudly if I’m walking down the streets of Tucson!  Wait … nevermind.  Let’s be honest.  Russian really isn’t a language that concerns the supporters of this legislation.

People who applaud the ridiculous law having been making statements such as, “I have to show ID every time I want to get on a plane.  I get in trouble if I’m pulled over for speeding and I don’t have my driver’s license on me.  We just want the illegals to be held to the same standard!”

Wrong.  This law has nothing to do with making sure that people are licensed to operate a vehicle or that you are who you say you are when you board a confined metal tube and travel several miles into the air.

Do you always make sure you always have your driver’s license on you when you take the dog for a walk in the evening?  You are the passenger in a car that is making a quick trip to the grocery store.  Do you make sure all of your papers are in order first?  If you have brown skin and you live in Arizona, you better start.  You know, just in case you do something that illegals would do.

I do not like illegal immigration.  I want to punish businesses that hire workers without first confirming their immigration status.  I believe that if someone is arrested for criminal activity and THEN it is determined that he is in the country illegally, he should be removed from the United States.  I am not in favor of a wall for environmental reasons and, more importantly for me, because I think it flies in the face of our founding principles.  However, when it comes to securing our border physically, I am all for getting as many border patrol agents and drones out there as possible!  But, to make assumptions about a person’s right to be in our country based on the way he looks or acts is un-American and freedom-loving people from coast to coast should be outraged with what Arizona has done.