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Phoenix Mayor: Arizona Immigration Law Puts Seniors, Kids At Risk Of Being Arrested
http://www.foxnews.com/ ^ | April 25, 2010 | Biggirl

Posted on 04/25/2010 3:28:58 PM PDT by Biggirl

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon says seniors, kids and out-of-staters should be wary of the Arizona immigration bill signed into law this past week -- warning that it puts them at risk of being arrested.

The law makes illegal immigration a state crime. It gives police the authority to question people about their immigration status and arrest those who cannot show documentation to establish their legal residency.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: aliens; az; braking; illegals; immigration; phoenix; ruleoflaw; yayarizona; yourpapersplease
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To: DuncanWaring

Because benefits are doled out to anyone who fogs a mirror.


181 posted on 04/25/2010 5:17:20 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Your theory of personal autonomy is considered quite bogus and always has been.


182 posted on 04/25/2010 5:18:17 PM PDT by muawiyah ("Git Out The Way")
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To: HiTech RedNeck

That was weak. The US Consitution allows Congress to set immigration and naturalization procedures. It has, though the .gov has ignored it. What we are demanding is that it be followed. We allow millions into this counrty legally every year, and we should, and allow them the opportunity to become citizens. THAT is American exceptionalism.

If Congress issues another amnesty, We the People will have a problem with it. And it is our duty to vote the bastards out of office. Again, American exceptionalism.


183 posted on 04/25/2010 5:18:49 PM PDT by ex 98C MI Dude (Alea Iacta Est)
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To: DuncanWaring

“How do you propose to get rid of the New Conquistadores?”

Cut off their social services for starters. Agreesively prosecute the people who employ them. They’ll come here as long as the rewards outweigh the risks. Making it easier to arrest people randomly for being Hispanic won’t stem the tide. Taking away the financial reasons for hiring them by hefty fines and be willing to add criminal convictions to the records of the people who employ them.


184 posted on 04/25/2010 5:19:11 PM PDT by snarkybob (')
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To: ex 98C MI Dude

and if they don’t? and how long could one just stay here without getting caught?


185 posted on 04/25/2010 5:20:30 PM PDT by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: Biggirl
Phoenix Mayor: Arizona Immigration Law Puts Seniors, Kids At Risk Of Being Arrested

I think they mean "Señors."

186 posted on 04/25/2010 5:21:33 PM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (Barack Obama: Government:: Bernie Madoff: Finance)
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To: Biggirl

so?


187 posted on 04/25/2010 5:22:10 PM PDT by genxer
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To: McGavin999

or maybe he sees the maricopa county sheriff’s office coming to him and renegotiating their contract with them to house all these people who are now criminals?


188 posted on 04/25/2010 5:22:48 PM PDT by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: Biggirl

Boo hoo, what a LOSER!


189 posted on 04/25/2010 5:24:02 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Throw the bums out who vote yes on the bail out)
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To: ex 98C MI Dude

The problem of the presence of illegales never loomed large enough before in America for it to be seriously considered that born Americans carry around passports. America wasn’t France, it wasn’t Switzerland, it wasn’t China, it wasn’t any of those places which were habitually overrun enough that everyone had to “show papers, please.”


190 posted on 04/25/2010 5:24:07 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: muawiyah

Establish the presence of a “theory of personal autonomy” or else implicitly confess yet another strawman.


191 posted on 04/25/2010 5:25:11 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: sabe@q.com

Getting caught is a variable time frame, and irrelevant. Overstaying a visa by one day is a crime everywhere, and becomes a crime the very day that person stays beyond the visa’s term. And the person will be deported when caught... or that is what is supposed to happen under law.

Not sure where you are going with this. Are you unaware of said laws?


192 posted on 04/25/2010 5:25:49 PM PDT by ex 98C MI Dude (Alea Iacta Est)
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To: ex 98C MI Dude
If you read the Constitution very carefully it would appear IMMIGRATION is among the powers held by the states, but it's NATURALIZATION that is the federal power.

Presumably a state could import all sorts of people to populate the place, yet they could never become citizens except according to standard rules established by the federal government.

The 14th amendment modified the citizenship rule, but it didn't touch the immigration rule ~ which remained in the state domain.

The USSC has, for rather minor purposes in a variety of decisions, seemed to rule that the federal government ALSO has some authority over immigration.

I think there's enough Constitutional opportunity for states to exercise control over immigration that it's surprising they haven't done it heretofore.

Could be we didn't have a feeling of "fullness" back when we had only 100 million or so people. With more than 300 million around maybe it's time for the states to set up some controls!

193 posted on 04/25/2010 5:31:47 PM PDT by muawiyah ("Git Out The Way")
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To: HiTech RedNeck

So strange, they always see to be on his side......almost reverently...


194 posted on 04/25/2010 5:32:07 PM PDT by HD1200
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To: dalereed

The law has that kind of language in it too.

No aiding and abetting, or employing.
It’s really a very good law.

http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/sb1070s.pdf


195 posted on 04/25/2010 5:33:44 PM PDT by moehoward
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To: muawiyah

Your theory of overpopulation has always been laughed at.


196 posted on 04/25/2010 5:33:47 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: Conservativism
This is the scariest aspect of this law. It targets what they think are illegals today (some of whom will be legitimate US citizens—our countrymen), but who tomorrow? How can anybody be comfortable with this?

Oh please, what a drama queen. What happens now if you are pulled over for speeding or something and don't have a VALID drivers license? How about if you cause a wreck and can't produce your insurance card? Before this law, even if the police KNEW the guy was illegal, he didn't speak english, didn't have insurnace and didn't "have his license with him" all they could do is ticket him and let him go. I know, I was hit twice by illegals who didn't have these things and got stuck with the $2,000 deductable because I obeyed the law and had insurance, and the guy who hit me skidded out of town with no way to find him.

I am sick of people talking about this law as if it's something out of the ordinary.

BTW, I also apporove of requiring ID for voting too.

197 posted on 04/25/2010 5:34:29 PM PDT by McGavin999 (Have you donated to Free Republic yet? If not you are a Freeploader)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Hey you can be president without a birth certificate so no sweat.


198 posted on 04/25/2010 5:35:01 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
We won’t have to carry around passports. Not sure where you are getting that info, but its wrong. People (adults, mostly, because children aren’t generally required to carry ID) who can’t produce identification of some sort in this country aren’t going to have an easy time of it if they do something to attract the professional attention of law enforcement, anyway.

And the illegal problem may not have loomed large in your little section of America, but down here it is huge. You might be willing to allow Americans to be raped, robbed, and murdered just so long as you aren’t inconvenienced, but the rest of us can’t afford such an indulgence.

199 posted on 04/25/2010 5:35:31 PM PDT by ex 98C MI Dude (Alea Iacta Est)
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To: McGavin999

Insurance covers cars, not people.


200 posted on 04/25/2010 5:36:05 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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