Posted on 08/15/2010 10:18:18 AM PDT by La Lydia
Looks like Arizona Fever may be sweeping California. The state legislature will consider a proposal to make crossing borders a state crime punishable by six months in jail and a $1,000 fine, a tough sentence for those just seeking access to the American dream. State and local police agencies will have to enforce the law, which appears to fly in the face of announced boycotts of Arizona from California and several of its cities (including Los Angeles and West Hollywood) for doing essentially the same thing. Except that the new law isn’t aimed at those who cross the federal border. It’s aimed at those who cross the Hollywood elite’s barriers to crash parties:
A proposed law set to go before California’s Legislature this month would make one of Hollywood’s cherished utterances — “You’re not on the list” — carry grave new consequences. It’s a measure aimed at making the act of party crashing a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail, a $1,000 fine or both.
The author of the legislation, Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Canada Flintridge), said crashers at high-profile events like the Academy Awards and other awards shows pose a threat to public safety that warrants a law in addition to the 25 sections of trespassing code already on California’s books. Portantino acted at the request of theScreen Actors Guild after some crashers breached security at the SAG Awards in January but were released because of legal loopholes.
“At some awards shows, folks were there without a ticket or credentials; they were asked to leave, and they didn’t,” Portantino said. “The question was raised whether current trespassing laws were written in a way that covers that sort of situation. We’re trying to bring clarity to the whole issue so law enforcement knows how to and has the discretion to handle it.”
Hmmm. Let’s try recasting that last quote from Portantino, a former filmmaker. “At some workplaces, folks were there without citizenship or legal-resident credentials. They’ve been asked to leave, and they haven’t. Arizona is trying to bring clarity to the whole issue so law enforcement knows how to and has the discretion to handle it.” Yeah, that works, doesn’t it?
The Academy seems to agree:
“Anything that enhances our ability to enforce our security procedures, generally speaking, we’re in favor of,” said Academy Awards spokesperson Leslie Unger. “We want to make the best use of whatever legal options are at our disposal. If this bill can expand them, all the better.”
Hey, isn’t that what Arizona is saying, too? They want to enforce security procedures, and their populace is definitely in favor of that. Why not expand Arizona’s legal options, too? Or is border security only legitimate at Hollywood parties, where the limousine liberals who protest in favor of open borders now want law enforcement to police the red carpet?
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” Or is border security only legitimate at Hollywood parties, where the limousine liberals who protest in favor of open borders now want law enforcement to police the red carpet? “
Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood and Malibu residents don’t worry about having 4 families of illegal immigrants move in next door.
Mercy!
Thought you’d like that.
Please read the article. Your comment is a non sequitur.
And they need those affordable maids, pool boys and landscape professionals!
We used to call California the land of fruits and nuts...now it’s just the land of ‘IRONY’.
Not 10 miles from my home is a ‘border check’...ALL vehicles have to stop for inspection into California, EVERY day from Oregon to be sure they don’t have any fruits or veggies.
Illegal aliens???? NO PROBLEMO!
LOL!
The same could be said of bank robbers, extortionists, and fraudsters.
The point this idiot author doesn't realize is that when these illegal Mexicans "chase the American dream", they are depriving Americans of living the American dream.
Go back home and chase the Mexican dream, whatever the hell that is. Not the "Smuggling cocaine and other Mexicans into America" dream though. We've had more than enough of that one...
Californians version of getting tough is putting up a “take a number” machine at the border.
” a tough sentence for those just seeking access to the American dream. “
I am merely seeking access to my community bank’s vault......
Yeah, they live in 8-20 million dollar houses, but don’t want to spend the money to hire Americans.
Cross-posted:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2571030/posts
and
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2571046/posts
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They have got to be kidding. California is on the verge of bankruptcy and they are passing legislation on....party crashers?
Only from your point of view. From their POV, it makes sense. You see, little people are little people, no matter where they're from. They mow the stars' lawns, clean their houses, and buy tickets to their performances. Where they come from and where they go back home to doesn't matter.
It's only when they intrude on the elites' lives directly that action needs to be taken. Laws need to be made and enforced to keep the rabble in their place, no matter where they came from.
Can't you see the superiority of their way of thinking? The total absence of jingoistic racism? White or black, legal or not, we're ALL non-grata in their lives, unless we're mowing or cleaning or changing their adopted babies' diapers. We don't belong where the beautiful people are, unless we're parking their cars or serving them drinks.
My question is, if you don't even see the irony, does that make you an even bigger hypocrite?
I simply don’t know how to reply to someone who doesn’t know the difference between hypocrisy and irony.
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