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Originally Posted by dc_dux
ace...I really dont get your incredulity or righteous indignation.
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Perhaps, being a business owner forms the basis of my incredulity or righteous indignation. Do you support more responsibility for controlling illegal immigration should be placed on the shoulders of business owners?
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There are several legitimate constitutional issues with the law....particularly regarding the federal v state role in legislating immigration enforcement and civil rights.
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Not in dispute by me. However, federal or local law - laws should be enforced by law enforcement officials - do you disagree with that premise?
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As well as concerns expressed by law enforcement professionals of the potential adverse impact on community policing in Hispanic communities. The law undermines trust within the Hispanic community...knowing that you can be approached anytime by a cop, based solely on "suspicion" or "reasonable cause" and asked to prove your citizenship. Would you be more inclined to report crimes to cops or avoid them?
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I clearly illustrated an unintended consequence of putting business owners at greater risk in this area. Discrimination based on race/national origin is wrong and illegal. However, it is easy to see how business owners (if the potential costs are too high) may take steps to avoid hiring legal immigrants. Do you not see the potential problem and how having trained law enforcement officials handling this may be better than increasingly punitive to business owners.
Again, you respond to my point in a dismissive manner, but the issues rased are very real - you and other liberal have a pattern of doing this - I think it is condescending - why do you do it? Do you know you do it?