Little-Acorn
05-01-2010, 11:04 AM
Take away the lies about AZ immigration law, and liberals will have nothing to say about it at all.
It’s amazing how many flat-out falsehoods the pro-illegal-immigrant advocates are telling about the new Arizona law.
FALSEHOOD: Arizona police can now walk up to anybody and demand, “Your papers, please!”
TRUTH: They are specifically forbidden to do that, by this very law. They can only ask people who they have already contacted for other, non-immigration purposes (speeding ticket, burglary bust, assault etc.). And even then, they must be able to show why they have a reasonable suspicion that the person might be an illegal alien. If they can’t show that, then they are STILL forbidden to ask for any immigration I.D. Police who do otherwise, are themselves in violation of the law, and can be prosecuted.
FALSEHOOD: This law gives illegal immigrants new things to be afraid of.
TRUTH: This law says nothing that hasn’t already been illegal for the last 70 years. It merely gives Arizona police the authority to enforce them. In fact, the Arizona law is IDENTICAL to Federal laws that have been on the books since 1940. The only difference is, Now Arizona police can enforce those provisions too… and the only thing Arizona police can do, is turn the illegal aliens over to Federal authorities. Arizona police cannot deport the illegal aliens or otherwise punish them.
FALSEHOOD: The new Arizona law is unconstitutional because only the Federal government can deal with immigration and border matters.
TRUTH: The Constitution says that the Federal government has the power to set uniform standards for immigration. By the 10th amendment, that removes this power from the states and forbids them to set such policy. But the Constitution does not forbid states from ENFORCING the policy that the Fed govt sets. And that’s all this new Arizona law does: Give Arizona police the authority to enforce laws that are IDENTICAL to the immigration laws Congress made back in the 1940s, and turn the illegal aliens over to Federal authorities. The Arizona law sets no new immigration policy or standards, and so fully complies with the Constitution.
FALSEHOOD: The new Arizona law is racist because it will crack down on Hispanics.
TRUTH: The new law applies to ANYONE who is found in this country illegally, whether it’s a Mexican citizen who walked across the border, or a Norwegian student who overstayed his visa, or a Chinese sailor who slid down the anchor chain of the Chinese freighter he crewed in Los Angeles and hitchhiked to his second-cousin’s house in Phoenix. In fact, the new law specifically forbids Arizona police from using race, ethnicity, etc. to identify a potential illegal alien… just as Federal law has always forbidden Federal agents from doing the same.
FALSEHOOD: Arizona police are already hassling and arresting people under this new law.
TRUTH: Not one Arizona cop in any jurisdiction, has arrested, detained, or even questioned any person under the new law. The law doesn’t even go into effect until the end of July, 2010.
These are just a few examples of the blizzard of fibs and falsehoods told by those who claim to oppose Arizona’s new immigration law. Without exception, every objection they raise, turns out to be something that isn’t in the law at all! And it often turns out that the law FORBIDS the very thing the people are complaining about, whether it’s racism, or randoms stops, or new powers that weren’t in the original Federal laws.
If you take away all the lies and misinformation about Arizona’s new law, the people complaining will find they have nothing to say about it at all!
The new law is no different from Federal laws that have been on the books for many decades… and have you heard these people complaining about those?
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The text of the new Arizona illegal-alien law can be found here:
http://www.keytlaw.com/blog/2010/04/anti-illegal-immigration-law-part-1/
BTW, last night the liberal Juan Williams was interviewing some "Professor of Hispanic Studies" from UCLA. The guy was very much against the new AZ law. Williams pointed out that the new law reflected existing Federal law perfectly and didn't make anything illegal that wasn't already illegal for years. The "professor" insisted that wasn't true, and ranted about how draconian the new law was.
So Williams asked the professor to name one thing the new law made illegal, that wasn't illegal before under Federal law. The "professor" changed the subject and started complaining how expensive the enforcement would be. Williams brought him back to the subject and asked again to name one part of the AZ law etc. The "professor" changed the subject again and started complaining about something else unrelated. Three time, Williams asked him again, to name anything the AZ law made illegal that hadn't been previously. The "professor" duicked the question time and again, and never named anything.
These people don't even know what the law says, or what previous Federal laws have said for years! All they know are the talking points they have been fed.
The new AZ law does NOTHING except authorize its police to enforce the same laws that have been there for years. But catch some supposedly-knowledgable "opponent" admitting that... never! :D
It’s amazing how many flat-out falsehoods the pro-illegal-immigrant advocates are telling about the new Arizona law.
FALSEHOOD: Arizona police can now walk up to anybody and demand, “Your papers, please!”
TRUTH: They are specifically forbidden to do that, by this very law. They can only ask people who they have already contacted for other, non-immigration purposes (speeding ticket, burglary bust, assault etc.). And even then, they must be able to show why they have a reasonable suspicion that the person might be an illegal alien. If they can’t show that, then they are STILL forbidden to ask for any immigration I.D. Police who do otherwise, are themselves in violation of the law, and can be prosecuted.
FALSEHOOD: This law gives illegal immigrants new things to be afraid of.
TRUTH: This law says nothing that hasn’t already been illegal for the last 70 years. It merely gives Arizona police the authority to enforce them. In fact, the Arizona law is IDENTICAL to Federal laws that have been on the books since 1940. The only difference is, Now Arizona police can enforce those provisions too… and the only thing Arizona police can do, is turn the illegal aliens over to Federal authorities. Arizona police cannot deport the illegal aliens or otherwise punish them.
FALSEHOOD: The new Arizona law is unconstitutional because only the Federal government can deal with immigration and border matters.
TRUTH: The Constitution says that the Federal government has the power to set uniform standards for immigration. By the 10th amendment, that removes this power from the states and forbids them to set such policy. But the Constitution does not forbid states from ENFORCING the policy that the Fed govt sets. And that’s all this new Arizona law does: Give Arizona police the authority to enforce laws that are IDENTICAL to the immigration laws Congress made back in the 1940s, and turn the illegal aliens over to Federal authorities. The Arizona law sets no new immigration policy or standards, and so fully complies with the Constitution.
FALSEHOOD: The new Arizona law is racist because it will crack down on Hispanics.
TRUTH: The new law applies to ANYONE who is found in this country illegally, whether it’s a Mexican citizen who walked across the border, or a Norwegian student who overstayed his visa, or a Chinese sailor who slid down the anchor chain of the Chinese freighter he crewed in Los Angeles and hitchhiked to his second-cousin’s house in Phoenix. In fact, the new law specifically forbids Arizona police from using race, ethnicity, etc. to identify a potential illegal alien… just as Federal law has always forbidden Federal agents from doing the same.
FALSEHOOD: Arizona police are already hassling and arresting people under this new law.
TRUTH: Not one Arizona cop in any jurisdiction, has arrested, detained, or even questioned any person under the new law. The law doesn’t even go into effect until the end of July, 2010.
These are just a few examples of the blizzard of fibs and falsehoods told by those who claim to oppose Arizona’s new immigration law. Without exception, every objection they raise, turns out to be something that isn’t in the law at all! And it often turns out that the law FORBIDS the very thing the people are complaining about, whether it’s racism, or randoms stops, or new powers that weren’t in the original Federal laws.
If you take away all the lies and misinformation about Arizona’s new law, the people complaining will find they have nothing to say about it at all!
The new law is no different from Federal laws that have been on the books for many decades… and have you heard these people complaining about those?
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The text of the new Arizona illegal-alien law can be found here:
http://www.keytlaw.com/blog/2010/04/anti-illegal-immigration-law-part-1/
BTW, last night the liberal Juan Williams was interviewing some "Professor of Hispanic Studies" from UCLA. The guy was very much against the new AZ law. Williams pointed out that the new law reflected existing Federal law perfectly and didn't make anything illegal that wasn't already illegal for years. The "professor" insisted that wasn't true, and ranted about how draconian the new law was.
So Williams asked the professor to name one thing the new law made illegal, that wasn't illegal before under Federal law. The "professor" changed the subject and started complaining how expensive the enforcement would be. Williams brought him back to the subject and asked again to name one part of the AZ law etc. The "professor" changed the subject again and started complaining about something else unrelated. Three time, Williams asked him again, to name anything the AZ law made illegal that hadn't been previously. The "professor" duicked the question time and again, and never named anything.
These people don't even know what the law says, or what previous Federal laws have said for years! All they know are the talking points they have been fed.
The new AZ law does NOTHING except authorize its police to enforce the same laws that have been there for years. But catch some supposedly-knowledgable "opponent" admitting that... never! :D