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Originally Posted by dippin
So the goal is to have the second worst treatment of immigrants? As long as someone is worse it's ok?
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I'm not particularly sympathetic to the problems that an illegal immigrant caused themselves by coming into this country illegally. If they don't want problems they should stay home or apply for legal immigration status.
As far as 2nd worst treatment of people breaking the law, that's hardly true and doesn't cause me any heartburn either. I've recently read where some Americans crossed into N. Korea illegally and Bill Clinton had to rescue then as well as some Americans that wandered into Iran and are in trouble.
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Originally Posted by dippin
And I think the issue is not so much how illegals are treated under the new law, but how the law treats everyone else. Short of seeing someone crossing the border, can anyone tell me, without using race or ethnicity, how to "reasonably suspect" anyone is an undocumented alien?
By the way, Mexico also has a national ID law. Every supporter of the Arizona law should also support a national ID. In fact, driver's licenses from states that don't check immigration status are not valid as proof of citizenship.
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I'm not one who sees being stopped and asked to prove my citizenship as a horrible violation of my civil rights. Given the current state of affairs with illegal immigration, I think it's a reasonable request, along the lines of DWI checkpoints and such. I also have no problem with a national ID card. I carry a driver's license today as well as photo ID where I work so a national ID card is no biggie.