Originally Posted by aceventura3

Because an illegal can easily obtain the "papers" needed for employment. Those "papers" can easily be fraudulent or forgeries. I am not clear on what people who want more punitive actions against employers expect? Do they expect a guy who runs a small painting contracting company to become an expert in detecting bad documents or run the risk of being forced out of business? But on the other hand we can have trained law enforcement people doing the job.

Again the problem with the boycott is that only a selected few put the Arizona bill into law, but a boycott will harm millions including small businesses and employees. We should have a President who says a boycott is the wrong approach.

Most people who support the Arizona law may not have given any serious thought to the Constitutionality of the law and are frustrated. We should have a President who understands that and says a cycle of you boycott me, I boycott you is wrong for this nation.

Arizona did not pass this law in secret. We should have a President who is not surprised by things like this. He could have met with the Govenor and state legislative leaders before the law passed and discussed his plans to address concerns. He could have lead, but he did not. And he does not have the guts to say a boycott is not the best response and that he would do his job to resolve the matter and make sure everyone is equally protected under the law.

Are you o.k., with how Obama is handling this? What would you do different if anything?