to which I say to you, Jerry, that it is a lot easier to be a legal immigrant from Canada than if you are from Mexico or Guatemala. Oh and.... ICE and quick resolution do not belong in the same sentence.
> The difference I see now is that it is no longer acceptable for public > employees to purposefully turn a blind eye, nor for municipalities to > purposefully obstruct, and that there will be a pretty quick resolution as > people are turned over to ICE. > > LEGAL immigrants I actually love more than natural born citizens. They > _sacrificed_ to be here. They know what it all means. They don't take any of > it for granted. Seeing my country through THEIR eyes is a daily pleasure. > > > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:21 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Dog catcher chases a stray into your yard, knocks on your door to tell >> you about the stray dog running around. Is that a legal contact? Yes, >> of course it is. >> >> Now, we move on to "reasonable suspicion". What is reasonable >> suspicion of illegal immigration status? I really don't know and that >> is one of the things that really disturbs me. >> >> Arizona specifically included *every single* government employee in >> the state in this law. Not just cops. And they relied upon the lowest >> level of "proof" considered in the legal system. They could have >> specified deputized officers of the peace, but they didn't. They could >> have chosen a higher burden of certainty to try and make sure that >> cops had a genuine reason to think that a person is an illegal >> immigrant. But they didn't. Arizona specifically cast the widest >> possible net, using the least trained people, using the lowest burden >> of proof possible. >> >> How can you possibly think that this isn't going to be horribly >> abused? And what, for God's sake, happened to your distrust of >> government power? I'm personally far more pissed off about, and >> frightened of, government abuse of power embodied in this bill than I >> am of illegal immigrants. >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:316765 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
