Arizona Immigration

I was talking to a friend about the new immigration law in Arizona and asked " Is it really that bad?"

The state is at the forefront of the illegal immigration crisis. If someone is illegal is catching them bad?

But as I stated this and said all it meant was that if police had reason to suspect a person was here illegally they were obligated to inquire deeper and investigate. Then it hit me, what would make a person seem like they might be here illegally. Might it be looking hispanic, or having the name Gonzales. It clearly is a license for a Latino version of Driving while Black.

Immigration has been handled on a federal level, this would now give local police the responsibility for this issue. It is a recipe for disaster.

I do not think that the law is anything more than a manifestation of the frustration of state over a problem the Federal government seems incapable of leading on. It could not come at a worse time for John Mccain as he wages a primary battle in Arizona where his fairly liberal ideas on immigration reform do not need to be a headline if he wants to win.

Last night Laura Ingraham on the Bill O Reilly show stated that Obama was moving immigration to the forefront to capitalize on the heat of the issue. Lindsay Graham the accused conservative homosexual ( unconfirmed and unimportant) now says he will not play ball on climate change legislation if immigration is not pushed back until the issue calms down. But yet Obama is playing politics with a heated issue while Sarah Palin urges gun activists to be motivated to vote with crosshairs on the democratic congressional districts.

Who is responsible. I am not sure. It seems to me that the Arizona issue is a perfect time to talk about the issue. It may be too late to have it be an unemotional debate. Let's hope no one ends up with a target on their back.