I guess the Slimes' editors fail to see the false dichotomy of this statement.
A major tool in the Left's propaganda in support of ILLEGAL ALIENS is that the time honored term "immigrant" has been co-opted as a synonym for "illegal".
Most Americans in 21st Century America have an immigrant in the family tree. So, by co-opting the term "immigrant", the Left wants to have America think that illegal aliens are as traditionally American as Mom, apple pie and Joe DiMaggio.
I am an immigrant. I am not illegal.
The people in question are ILLEGAL aliens. They are not "immigrants".
The “Dark Road” is the one covered by an air of ash, building debris and toxic particles over Manhattan near the NY Times own headquarters after a devastinting terrorist attack.
The NY Times is existing in an altered reality, and one, besides being financially unsustainable, that is very likely to get more people killed.
The obvious next question remains unanswered by the NYT: Why are states being forced into this position due to the unwillingness of the Federal government to fulfill it's Constitutional responsibility to protect our borders?
I notice that the NYT did not allow for comments on this piece.
“But now that Arizona has gone to unconstitutional extremes in its anti-immigration campaign, Virginia’s highest officials are trying to take their whole state farther down that dark road.”
Unconstitutional? The whole law was struck down? No appeals? I guess that’s why its an editorial. Its opinion. It needs no basis in truth.
I used to LIVE in Prince William County. I remember the fire in my townhouse block (luckily, the other end) where a 3 bedroom house with 4 families living in it nearly burned down because of a hot plate in a bedroom.
I remember the MS-13 gang-bangers running over a girl with a car, and only backing down when 8-10 residents came out with shotguns or hunting rifles.
And I remember selling the house. We were the last English-speaking family on the block. All the realtors who took people into the place spoke Spanish. . .
La Reconquista is an accomplished fact in Manassas, VA. . . .
More than 10% of VA's jails are filled with illegal aliens. It is community safety that requires such checks. We just had an illegal alien, with multiple DUIs and turned over to ICE twice, kill a nun and injure two others while driving under the influence. Tens of thousands of american citizens have been killed and injured by illegal aliens.
A police officer's job is not fighting fires either, but if the fire department refuses to fight fires, then the police as well as regular citizens will step up to do the job.
Uhh, it's not too hard for police to tell the difference if you clowns at the NY Times who live in $4 million condos on Central Park East far from crowded dorm homes and day labor sites ever learned anything about the law.
Those who have crossed the border illegally by not going through an immigration portal (entry without inspection) have committed a criminal offense. They have no official papers like a passport or visa to mark their entry.
Those who have overstayed their visas have committed a civil offense. They have papers because they entered the USA legally. They have a passport or equivalent, and a visa or equivalent, like an I-94 form, the one they give out on the arriving airplane. It is date stamped at arrival and is surrendered upon leaving the country, hopefully before it expires. These civil violaters have papers and came here legally. They broke the law the day their visa expired.
Both of these lawbreakers are required by law to carry with them at all times their documentation and have it ready for inspection upon request. By not having it available, they are violating another law. The Arizona and Virginia laws impose no new burdens upon any immigrants. It has always been that way. In fact, at one time all immigrants and visitors had to file an alien registration card every January 15. Nobody complained back then about unconstitutional burdens.
Some countries like Australia have exit controls. You go out through immigration desks upon leaving the country. They know how many and who has overstayed their visa the monent it expires. After the Sydney Olympics, many people decided to stay and enjoy Ozland longer than their tourist visas allowed. Within hours after these visas clocked out, Australian Immigration knew exacltly who was in the country illegally, and could put out notices and warrants for them should they happened to be arrested and have their immigration status checked. Or to establish a violation when they left the country late and thus be ready to prohibit reentry at a future date. The time has come for us to do that here.
Oh, really? Don't they ever get tired of carrying Obama's water for him?
The most prominent cheerleader for Obama and the leading domestic enemy of America does not like it when Americans fight back.
No dumba$$, it's a police officers job TO ENFORCE THE LAW!!! ANY AND ALL LAWS!!.
I have about as much interest in what the NY Slimes thinks of Virginia’s efforts to protect citizens from illegal immigration as I do in Mayor Bloomberg’s opinion of Virginia gun laws.
Nah, noat biased at all. Its the NYSlimes.
More inane/insane drivel from the morons at the NYT. 2+2=5 is the new math for the boobocracy that calls itself the Times editorial board. These people have raised idiocy to heights never before seen. Witness a story lede from the Times a few years ago that said that the nations crime rate continued to drop despite the increase in prison population. Just as the Times refuses to acknowledge illegal aliens aren’t immigrants they refused to see a correlation between increased incarceration of offenders and lowered crime statistics. In other words, “Who are you going to believe - me or your lying eyes?”
Incidentally despite the Times and the rest of the left wing intelligentsia’s sudden recent concern that immigration enforcement is beyond the purview or ability of local law enforcement: Investigating and establishing immigration status ain’t rocket science. I was a cop for 36 years and back in the ‘70’s we routinely dealt with illegals (though not anywhere near the numbers we see today) and it was included in Academy training. Today you could take any experienced cop and train him in a few hours to conduct such an investigation.
In regard to the concern that illegals won’t cooperate with law enforcement because of their status I would posit two points:
1.) I spent several years in Internal Affairs and they never seemed to fear making complaints against cops. In fact they made false complaints at an equal or higher rate than any other population demographic. If they weren’t afraid to do that why should they fear cooperating in any other investigation?
2.) If we deport the illegals they won’t become either victims or perpetrators of criminal behavior, at least in this country, thus rendering moot the need for their cooperation.
Ping!
O cry me a river New York Times, did your “undocumented” voters get arrested for breaking the law before they had a chance to cast a vote for your beloved democrats?