PHOENIX – Obama on Thursday criticized a pending Arizona law that would make it a state crime to be in the United States illegally and require anyone suspected of being an illegal immigrant to produce identification. The bill however requires all citizens to carry a federal id that proves citizenship such as a passport or birth certificate. (Will President Obama be required to show his birth certificate on his next trip to Arizona?)
Such legislation could “threaten to undermine basic notions of fairness that we cherish as Americans,” the president said during a naturalization ceremony for members of the United States Armed Services. The President is correct, but does he really mean what he says?
I think the Obama administration is protesting too much in an attempt to mobilize the republicans and tea party movement to support similar legislation in other states that would eventually be used against American citizens. After last years MIAC, and Homeland Security reports naming patriots, veterans, gun owners, Christians, Ron Paul supporters and other liberty groups as "potential domestic terrorists" It is clear who the federal government is declaring as its most important enemy (second of course to Iran). It has been recently suggested in the media that the Tea Party movement might team up with Al Qaeda to commit terrorist acts on U.S. Soil.
With Arizona blazing a trail with its police state legislation this will lead the way for other states to follow suit with full republican and tea party support. The legislation seems like common sense. Stop immigrants to make sure they are in the country legally.
The bill does not specifically single out illegal Latinos. What if someone leaves the house and forgets their "papers" should they be detained by law enforcement? This bill would make it possible for just such a scenario to occur. Although Americans have been desensitized to the suspension of probable cause, warrants, and habeas corpus since 9/11, this is one step closer to a totalitarian police state.
And what of privacy? I know reality TV and facebook have brainwashed people into thinking there is no such thing as privacy anymore, As a sovereign US citizen and more importantly a human being with the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness no one has the right to impose what amounts to warrantless searches or detention. And i certainly retain my right to privacy. We the people have become too accustomed to law enforcement stopping us at their whim and performing impromptu roadside interrogations.
Illegal and unconstitutional (the patriot act is an "illegal law" according the to constitution/bill of rights) the only reason the court doesn't overturn it is because they get paid off by the privatized prisons, for every "criminal" they send them. Anyone who thinks this law is to be used against illegals is naïve. The patriot act effectively makes EVERY person a criminal just because law enforcement says you are.
In 2007 two New York police officers interrupted a peaceful demonstration on a public sidewalk in front of the new WTC 7 Building to intimidate free speech, stating "Larry [Silverstein] doesn't want to hear it," before accusing Luke Rudkowski of having a bomb and that his cell phone was "a gun."
The officer was apparently responding to refusals to stop filming their faces as police attempted to impede free speech on behalf of Larry Silverstein, making slanderous and knowingly false accusations including:
"I think he's got a bomb in his bag. I saw wires coming out. I think he's got a bomb in there."
Rudkowski tells him he is not a terrorist and that he is an American citizen. The officer responds, " You're right. But by the time the government figures it out, you'll be in the hole for 30 days ."
They laughed about it drunk on their police state power. The sick thing is, they were right. Law enforcement gets away with this stuff all the time. Section 802 of the patriot act says the government can EXECUTE a citizen, in secret, with NO trial.
My point was you don't violate the rights of 300 or so million Americans because of 30 or so million illegals. You don't let one apple spoil the bunch. They are the exception, not the rule. It is the job of law enforcement to protect our rights, not take our rights away so they can bust "criminals".
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