Don't Read this, it has Common Sense in it!

Apparently a long running suspicion of mine has been proven true. We live in a nation populated by millions of morons ... or at the very least a couple hundred thousand really loud morons. The proof to this theory came when Arizona passed a law that made it illegal to be a illegal immigrant. If that does not sound utterly moronic and redundant to you please don’t read the rest of this, we’re going to be discussing things that you won’t understand. Grown folks stuff.


Since the dawn of the nation state borders have been contested and defended against all types of invasion. If you do not believe me ... um, read anything and you will see what I mean. Fact number two, there is no nation on earth that allows completely unlimited emigration (and no that is not a spelling error, it is the opposite of immigration) to their nation. Fact three, there is no nation on earth that allows unlimited importation into their nation. So in summary, it is universally accepted that nations may set limits as they please on both people and products entering their borders. Oh, and if you want to say that Europe allows free movement of people and goods between nations I will point out that they have basically created a nation of many states, a concept that should be familiar to you if you live in the United States of America. While things and people can freely move from Italy to Germany or from Alabama to Mississippi none of the four extend the same courtesy to Uganda.

So the outcry inspired by the Arizona law is that it is inherently racist. Racist. I did not realize that entering a country illegally against their laws was a race. I once lived in Germany and had a 14 month student visa. As the 14 months was coming to a close I made some inquiries as to whether or not I could stay and live and study and work in Germany. I was told by both the American and German authorities that I could do no such thing and that if I desired to do so that I would have to return to the United States at the end of my 14 months and submit a request to return to the German government as their immigration law states. Is that racist? I was told after suggesting that I might just stay anyway that if I was caught I would be deported and never again allowed a visa to enter Germany.

The new law requires police to determine whether a person is in the United States legally. It also requires immigrants to carry their alien registration documents at all times and requires police to question people if there is reason to suspect they're in the United States illegally. Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon appeared at the rally in support of the protest, calling the law unconstitutional and "just plain wrong. America is a country that is compassionate and that welcomes everyone," he said. "This is not what this country and this state was founded upon."

The following is a very brief time line of American Immigration Law:

1819: The first federal legislation on immigration requires notation of passenger lists.

1875: First limitations on immigration. Residency permits required of Asians.

1891: The Bureau of Immigration is established. Congress adds health qualifications to immigration restrictions.

1906: Bureau of Immigration is established.

1921: The first quantitave immigration law sets temporary annual quotas according to nationality. Immigration drops off.

1924: The National Origins Act establishes a quota system. The Border Patrol is established.

1940: The Alien Registration Act calls for registration and fingerprinting of all aliens. Approximately 5 million aliens register.

1952: The Immigration and Naturalization Act brings into one comprehensive statute the multiple laws that govern immigration and naturalization to date.

To claim that restricting immigration is unconstitutional is ignorant because the constitution does not address the issue. Requiring legal aliens have proof that they are legal is common sense (in Germany I was required to have documentation that I was an American studying in the country) the only change to the existing law is that the local police are now to required to check, if they have probable cause, when in the past it was the sole responsibility of the ICE (formerly INS). This is a non-issue. Either you have a legal right to be in this nation or you do not. If you do not and you are caught you should be deported (just like every other nation on earth), if you are here legally and not a citizen of our nation, you are our guest and are given documentation to prove that we have extended legal status to you. That someone might ask to see the document that affords you the right to come to the United States and live/work/study is not insulting. Simply show the police officer your documentation. In the age of computers in police cars connected to large databases citizens can simply give the officer their social security number and a brief check will show the truth of your citizenship. Simple. The legislature and governor of Arizona have determined illegal immigration to be a problem in their state and have taken steps to address the issue. If you live in one of the other 49 states the ICE will continue enforcing immigration law, this is not your fight, nor does it effect you.
To claim that the founders had not taken issue with immigration is also ignorant. James Monroe was President when the first immigration law was passed. The same James Monroe who fought in the revolution and studied law under the tutilage of Thomas Jefferson and then sat in the Virginia delegation that eventually ratified the Constitution. You can’t get much more “founder” than that.
Restrictions to immigration, right are wrong, are law. Breaking the law is illegal. The police are charged with finding law breakers. People who break the law are punished. Illegal immigrants are deported when caught. I’m missing the racism. Is it racist that the majority of illegal immigrants in Arizona are from Mexico? No, it is not. There are millions of LEGAL Mexican immigrants in the United States. The issue at hand is legal and illegal immigrants, if a couple from France come to Arizona and stay illegally, they will be deported when caught. And I guarantee you that a significant portion of the law enforcement community in Arizona is of Hispanic/Latin decent simply as the natural consequence of decades of LEGAL immigration. So, if a Mexican-American police officer arrests an illegal Mexican immigrant is he racist?
And for the record, I am sure that the out cry from the Democrat Party has nothing to do with their plan to pass a bill offering amnesty to all illegal immigrants currently in the United States prior to the November elections, I am completely positive that they are concerned for the poor immigrants and in no way were counting on all those extra votes to propel them to victory in said elections. Furthermore I am sure that their upcoming effort to restore voting rights to felons is also unrelated to the upcoming elections. I mean, I want felons and illegal foreigners voting and helping to decide the direction of our Nation, don’t you?