Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Underlying problem of the Arizona debate that makes a debate complicated.

Jebbie from Yahoo Answer says "The Arizona Immigration law criminalizes illegal immigration by defining it as trespassing and allows local la,w enforcement agencies to question people they suspect of being undocumented.Do you feel it is fair or unfair for law enforcement to "question people they suspect" in this manner?"

It is really hard to make answer for this question. The new law allows police to question a person who appears to be suspicious; in other words, the new law justifies stereotyping of certain ethnicities. Therefore, when the strict immigration law is viewed from emotional aspect, it seems to be unjustified and unfair.

What about public safety?? can the new law of Arizon helps?? I think the answer is Yes, but I should pay more attention to the parts of society that benefit from the new law.

Some possible results that would be brough about are:
Decrease in crime rate: This is the main idea that people claim as the benefit of the new law.

"Here’s the real picture Obama does not want you to see. Warning signs were posted this past month by the federal government 80 miles North of the border on the South side of I-8 between Casa Grande and Gila Bend urging U.S. citizens not to camp or hike in the “Active Drug and Human Smuggling Area” because “Visitors May Encounter Armed Criminals.”`
Cashelmara from Yahoo Answer.com

Ok... can you say the new law will not gonna help decrease crime rate?? I would say yes, but it is still hard to agree with the implementation of the new law. There are many illigal immigarants in the U.S. society, and many are serious workers, and are obviously the part of U.S. society and the state economy. This might be one reason that people  disagree with the new law, since those people working seriously and not commiting crime can be deported to their country. However, they comitted crime when they entered the U.S. or in other words, crossed the border.

The huge debate over the new immigration of Arizona is partially caused  by emotion of people and sympathy toward illegal immigrants.

5 comments:

  1. he state's marvelous diversity is one of its greatest strengths, but the constant population shifts also tend to impede social and economic stability.

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  2. Illegal immigrants are part of our life, especially here in L.A. Who are the people cleaning streets?? Who are the people doing unwanted jobs??

    You made good point about how debates become complicated or sometime contradicted when the topic comes to Immigration issues.

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  3. Sonorización diversas preocupaciones, como miedo a la discriminación por perfil racial, la objeción de los organizadores principales fue que las leyes podrían tener un efecto residual en otros estados y la influencia de los legisladores de Nuevo México para redactar proyectos de ley similares,
    que pondría en peligro la diversidad de UNM, los programas de estudios étnicos, y dinero de becas para los inmigrantes!!!!!

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  4. We can expect SB 1070 to be replicated around the country as the ugly wave of immigrant-bashing continues.

    Lawmakers from four other states have sought advice from Michael Hethmon, general counsel for the Immigration Reform Law Institute, who helped draft the Arizona law.

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  5. One may have legitimate concerns that the law could be improperly instituted, but the the language of the law, along with the Arizona governor's concurrently issued Executive Order on training related to the law's proper implementation make it clear that racial profiling is prohibited and unacceptable.

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