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Clinton Says Arizona Immigration Law Invites Racial Profiling [Beware of Wrong "Accent"!]
FoxNews ^ | May 02nd 2010

Posted on 05/02/2010 9:48:51 AM PDT by Steelfish

May 02, 2010 Clinton Says Arizona Immigration Law Invites Racial Profiling FOXNews.com

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday said that Arizona's immigration law invites racial profiling, in one of the toughest statements made to date by an Obama Cabinet member about the controversial state policy that has revived national debate about illegal immigration.

Clinton said the law was "clearly a result of frustration" in the state over the difficulty of securing the border and stopping the flow of illegal immigration. But she said immigration law enforcement is the purview of the federal government, not the states, and condemned the policy itself as flawed.

"It is written so broadly that if you were visiting in Arizona and you had an accent and you were a citizen from my state of New York, you could be subjected to the kind of inquiry that ... this law permits," she told NBC's "Meet the Press."

Asked whether the law invites racial profiling, she said: "I don't think there's any doubt about that."

The Arizona policy would make illegal immigration a state crime and empower local law enforcement to question people about their immigration status and require them to show documentation or face arrest.

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1 posted on 05/02/2010 9:48:51 AM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

Racist police alert.


2 posted on 05/02/2010 10:01:23 AM PDT by Typical_Whitey (Illegal Immigration: If we don't stop the leak, we are doomed to sink.)
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To: Steelfish
It is written so broadly that if you were visiting in Arizona and you had an accent and you were a citizen from my state of New York, you could be subjected to the kind of inquiry that ... this law permits,”

Shilary has either not read the law, or she is deliberately pandering to racist Mexican illegals to score cheap political points as usual.



Bill or Hilary Clinton, don't make no difference. They are both inveterate liars.

3 posted on 05/02/2010 10:01:41 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Steelfish

Your problem, Winston, is that you are insane. You haven’t taken the time and hard work required to be sane.
One more time: when Inner Party members say anything that might arguably result in inflaming passions, in any event that is patriotic dissent. Remember that.
However, if outer party members—peasants, `bitter clingers’ and the like: if they say they disagree with, for example, axioms such as “freedom is slavery”—well, that is hate speech, pure and simple, and it must be severely quashed with more patriotic dissent.
Are you ready now? Again Winston, how many fingers? (holding up hand, reaching for dial)


4 posted on 05/02/2010 10:11:33 AM PDT by tumblindice (Freedom is the freedom to say that one and one is two.)
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To: Steelfish
immigration law enforcement is the purview of the federal government, not the states

She makes this statement without any hint of shame or apology for the fact that the federal government intentionally refuses to enforce the law. Every day, more and more, I view the federal government as the enemy.

5 posted on 05/02/2010 10:13:30 AM PDT by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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To: Typical_Whitey

I’ve never been disturbed by profiling. It’s how the police limit their suspect pools. Most ‘serial killers’ are white men. Most terrorist are Muslim. Most gang members are black or Hispanic. Most white collar crime is committed by 50 something white dudes. Most prostitutes are women. Most illegal aliens are Mexican. None of this upsets me. In fact, if the police didn’t ‘profile’ they’d be stupid idiots and wasting a lot of time.

The police should never pull folks over for ‘looking Mexican’. But, if the police have a reasonable reason to be talking to you and you’re not a citizen, than too damn bad. If I was wondering around the country of Germany or Japan or Mexico for that matter with no official status, I’d expect the exact same treatment from the police. This is common sense.

Arizona should simply state that they are enforcing the very same laws that Mexico has on its books. Case closed....until the feds actually do their job!!


6 posted on 05/02/2010 10:16:28 AM PDT by Mustangman (The GOP)
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To: Steelfish

The only difficulty in securing the border with Mexico is the Federal Governments lack of interest in doing so.

Believe me we could close her up so tight a rat couldnt come across if we wanted to.


7 posted on 05/02/2010 11:12:58 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: Steelfish

Hillary is an “illegal immigrant” to New York. MY STATE?


8 posted on 05/02/2010 12:10:15 PM PDT by Terry Mross
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To: Steelfish
But she said immigration law enforcement is the purview of the federal government, not the states,

LOL - to Hillary, everything is the purview of the federal government, so there's really nothing to parse here...

9 posted on 05/02/2010 12:15:32 PM PDT by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
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To: Steelfish

- IF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET 12 YEARS HARD LABOR.

- IF YOU CROSS THE IRANIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU ARE DETAINED INDEFINITELY.

- IF YOU CROSS THE AFGHAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU GET SHOT.

- IF YOU CROSS THE SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE JAILED.

- IF YOU CROSS THE CHINESE BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU MAY NEVER BE HEARD FROM AGAIN.

- IF YOU CROSS THE VENEZUELAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE BRANDED A SPY AND YOUR FATE WILL BE SEALED.

- IF YOU CROSS THE CUBAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE THROWN INTO POLITICAL PRISON TO ROT.

- IF YOU CROSS THE U.S. BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET..............................

1-A JOB
2 - A DRIVERS LICENSE,
3 - SOCIAL SECURITY CARD,
4 - WELFARE,
5 - FOOD STAMPS,
6 - CREDIT CARDS,
7 - SUBSIDIZED RENT OR A LOAN TO BUY A HOUSE,
8 - FREE EDUCATION,
9 - FREE HEALTH CARE,
10 - A LOBBYIST IN WASHINGTON ,
11 - BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS PRINTED IN YOUR LANGUAGE,
12 - AND THE RIGHT TO CARRY YOUR COUNTRY’S FLAG WHILE YOU PROTEST THAT YOU DON’T GET ENOUGH RESPECT.


10 posted on 05/02/2010 2:46:42 PM PDT by IbJensen ((Ps 109.8): "Let his days be few; and let another take his position.")
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