April 27, 2010 10:01 AM
Arizona Immigration Law Prompts San Francisco to Consider Boycott of State (click title to entry - thank you)
...Activists and politicians in Arizona and elsewhere have vowed to continue fighting the law. While it is sure to face legal challenges, Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva (D) has also called for a boycott of his state's goods, services and tourism. In his call for the boycott, Grijalva cited an Arizona boycott in the 1990's that persuaded the state to recognize Martin Luther King Day.
Following that logic, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors today will consider a resolution that would call for the city to end any and all contracts with Arizona-based companies and to stop doing business with the state, the San Francisco Chronicle reports....
There is a human side to this story, so it is best not to lose sight of that. The Mexican President has issued a travel advisory about Arizona because he fears violence against Hispanics. So the Arizona law now has international implications. Somehow the folks involved in the illegal immigration don't really have knowledge of the dangers involved anyway, so I doubt that will slow any activity toward the USA border. The activity toward the USA border beside this side of it is about the drug cartels and munitions and that isn't going to stop no matter whom issues what.
The above picture is called a layup. As you can see trash, persoanl belongings, and clothing are discarded everywhere. What you can’t see are the women’s and girl’s underwear everywhere, literally everywhere.
Once anyone has ingested that reality, there is THIS quote, "Those that cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
At hand there is failed immigration policy. There are many, many reasons for that policy including the fact that Arizona never thought it was important to remove illegal workers from their jobs. They left it alone as cheap labor was good for Arizona Conservatives.
Realizing that porous borders were ignored for decades if not a century, there are a lot of people in the USA that have crossed the borders between Mexico and Arizona, but, yet the USA isn't suppose to incorporate them into their populous.
That said, why would any State ever write laws to mimic federal laws on the books that have proven ineffective?
If Arizona FIRST raised their taxes to EMPLOY special investigative units that have an exclusive role in enforcing federal laws AND that initiative had proven to work, BUT, those investigative units need assistance to empower local law enforcement to complete 'round ups' then I could understand such a measure.
But, to simply pass laws that are already on the books, that have proven ineffective for whatever reasons they were ineffective is ridiculous.
At hand there is failed immigration policy. There are many, many reasons for that policy including the fact that Arizona never thought it was important to remove illegal workers from their jobs. They left it alone as cheap labor was good for Arizona Conservatives.
Realizing that porous borders were ignored for decades if not a century, there are a lot of people in the USA that have crossed the borders between Mexico and Arizona, but, yet the USA isn't suppose to incorporate them into their populous.
That said, why would any State ever write laws to mimic federal laws on the books that have proven ineffective?
If Arizona FIRST raised their taxes to EMPLOY special investigative units that have an exclusive role in enforcing federal laws AND that initiative had proven to work, BUT, those investigative units need assistance to empower local law enforcement to complete 'round ups' then I could understand such a measure.
But, to simply pass laws that are already on the books, that have proven ineffective for whatever reasons they were ineffective is ridiculous.
Enough said. I think the Conservatives and their propaganda networks that seek power over love of country have done all the damage they can do at this point. Yes?
Sen. Lindsey Graham: Arizona immigration bill may be unconstitutional
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said Tuesday that the tough new Arizona immigration law will probably be struck down by the courts on constitutional grounds.
"In my view it's all uphill under the law," Graham told reporters. "I think they'll have a hard time upholding this law, that's my view."
Graham, who quipped that he was "not the brightest lawyer in town," said he had a "reasonable suspicion if it comes down to the color of your skin or the ethnic background as the dominant reason, it shouldn't hold up."
His position creates some daylight with his close friend Sen. John McCain, who is facing a tough primary challenge in Arizona but has supported comprehensive immigration reform in the past.
McCain has called the Arizona law a "step forward" and a "good tool" but his office says it does not represent an endorsement....
A new Arizona anti-illegal immigration law asks police to perform tasks that are often contradictory, critics say – enforcing immigration law and criminal law.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0426/Arizona-immigration-law-puts-police-in-impossible-situation
