Immigration law

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Originally Posted by GRH

Obama is trying to count on winning as many Mexican votes as he possibly can...That's why the uproar.

I often hear that legal Mexican immigrants are p.o.'d that there are so many illegals here since they worked so hard doing it the right way to get here legally. The illegals can't vote so there's no reason to try and get their vote unless you're planning on amnesty to suddenly turn them all into citizens.

Originally Posted by GRH

But do I agree? Absolutely not. I would have NO PROBLEM fining a business $10,000 per illegal worker that they are caught hiring. If we could make it impossible for illegals to find work here we'd go a long way towards stopping the illegal tide of immigrants.

Exactly! Which is how the vast majority of the American public feels. So you're a politician. You see one group consisting of maybe 10s of millions (the pro-illegal alien crowd), and you another group consisting of 100s of millions (the anti-illegal alien crowd). Politicians consistently try and woo the 10s of millions crowd. I still don't get it.

Originally Posted by RickShaw

Illegal Immigration has been a problem since before Reagan, and turning the Arizona Police into Gestapo Goons isn't the solution.

There isn't a viable solution right now. Especially when everyone up to the president is giving illegal aliens every free pass they can. Faced with this Arizona has no other choice. And it also serves to tell the US government that they aren't doing their job. Because if they don't like what Arizona is doing then they should take the burden off Arizona. And what part of the Arizona law is turning police into Gestapo Goons?