When the police department of a city announces they are not going to inquire about a person's immigration status I would think that this might perk up a few Middle Eastern ears that wish to do America harm. I might add that the 8+ million (and growing) contingent of Hispanics that are here illegally brings its own future national security risk. You know, those risks that we find out about later when the damage is done...like 9/11. Do we always have to learn after the fact?
I could turn around and ask, why didn't INS do their jobs, why didn't the airport screeners do their jobs. If either group had done their jobs, 9/11 wouldn't have happened and we wouldn't be having this debate.
As it is, Bush wants to legalize em all anyways, so it'll be a moot point.
Hell, the only way APD could start rounding up illegals, is to go after anybody with dark skin and ask for papers constantly. I will never ever ever ever support a government that does that.
Btw, there are already a large group of people that wish to do America harm, a group that can do much more damage than any middle eastern hijacker or right wing extremist who likes explosives. They can damage America without killing anybody.
You and I call them politicians.