Posted on 04/27/2010 12:43:20 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
SACRAMENTO (CBS 5 / AP) ― Meg Whitman, the Republican front-runner in the California gubernatorial primary, said Tuesday that Arizona is taking the wrong approach to illegal immigration with its tough new law.
The former eBay chief executive said there are more effective approaches than requiring law enforcement officers to question people about their status if they suspect they are in the country illegally.
"I think there's just better ways to solve this problem," Whitman said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.
"I'm a big believer in, 'What are the two or three things that will make the biggest difference here?"'
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No flame, the problem is you haven’t read the bill. They can only question you about immigration status after they’ve stopped you for something else.
That's what I'm saying is too much power. I shouldn't have to prove to a policeman I'm here legally just because I've been stopped for a traffic ticket or called 911 about an accident or who knows what.
Honest in that he admits to being a Democrat.
I figured...yet the sarcasm in the statement runs at many levels...
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