I see that a copy-and-paste lost the last part of my post. If you agree it is illegal to be here without documents, is it as serious offense as::
1. cutting in line at Walmart 2. going on a school field trip without a permission slip 3. driving without a license 4. driving with a suspended license 5. trespassing 6. breaking and entering 7. petty theft 8. armed robbery 9. Bernie Madoff Trying to get a handle on where people fall on the legal/illegal/how illegal spectrum has been helping me a lot this week on understanding the arguments people are putting out, and how they are reading the text of the bill. I personally do not like people who break the rules. I don't like dangerous speeders. Or people who cut in line. Or people who smoke at bus stops. Or drive on suspended licenses. Illegal immigration, I admit, hits both my rules button and my unfairness button pretty heavily. I think that whatever happens to illegals SHOULD be harsher than whatever it would have taken to do it the right way, in time, money and frustration. there should be NO benefit for cutting in line past those people doing it right. People who waited their turn, and did immigration legally should NOT look at cheaters and think they lost out by following the rules. AND, I don't want to waste immigration on people who do not want to stay. But, I do think there are probably a LOT of immigrants who are here illegally are "my kind of people". Hard working, and wanting to be Americans. My dilemma is how to reconcile fairness with keeping the cream of the crop. I don't think the status quo has been working. I do think this law COULD help. I also think this law needs to be watched carefully, to make sure it does not do what people think it might. The intent of the AZ law is clear in the first paragraph. They are trying to get rid of all illegals. And, with that as the desired goal, I think this law is probably a good first step to do that. "The legislature declares that the intent of this act is to make attrition through enforcement the public policy of all state and local government agencies in Arizona. The provisions of this act are intended to work together to discourage and deter the unlawful entry and presence of aliens and economic activity by persons unlawfully present in the United States." Whether that goal is, in fact, a good thing is an entirely different question. 1. can the state pursue this goal? 2. will these tactics help implement this goal? 3. will this law go too far, and target non-illegal immigrants or citizens? I do not know the answer to these. I will be watching closely. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316652 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
