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Uhm, how is that "worst" case scenario? LadyLorraine Send a noteboard - 27/04/2010 01:28:28 PM
Worst case scenario: Officer stops a legal Mexican Immigrant with either a valid green card or a valid citzenship. Gentleman either does not have green card on his person, but somewhere in his vehicle (such as the glove box). Racist cop in a bad mood refuses to let him do so, accuses him of going for a gun, tasers him, arrests him and hauls him off, and hopefully someone bothers to either let him get his ID or check the system before he gets too far along legal procedures.

While that sounds ridiculous, it's hardly like such a thing hasn't happened plenty of times before.
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The Arizona immigration bill thingy - 26/04/2010 12:57:20 AM 2359 Views
what do you expect from one of the last states to accept MLK day? - 26/04/2010 01:19:03 AM 1414 Views
Yes, well, at least you are in the 27% of Americans that have a Passport. - 26/04/2010 01:48:44 AM 1212 Views
Such a wrongheaded law. - 26/04/2010 02:25:10 AM 1104 Views
A lot of stuff makes me go "whuh?" legally. - 26/04/2010 03:38:12 AM 978 Views
Sounds like apartheid in SA... - 26/04/2010 02:36:52 AM 1152 Views
As bad as the law is, that's an ignorant statement. *NM* - 26/04/2010 02:38:16 AM 550 Views
Re: Sounds like apartheid in SA... - 26/04/2010 05:13:17 AM 1252 Views
It shows that Arizona is already lost - 26/04/2010 03:09:24 AM 1142 Views
Looks like no one knows how bad it is along the border - 26/04/2010 06:19:24 AM 1094 Views
Oh please! The immigration and drug problems don't justify bad legislation. - 26/04/2010 07:02:54 AM 1098 Views
I do. - 26/04/2010 07:11:10 AM 1280 Views
Re: I do. - 26/04/2010 07:45:21 AM 1104 Views
Yeah, I saw an interview with a former U.S. Drug Czar - 26/04/2010 06:35:10 PM 1094 Views
Okay, I grew up in Arizona. - 26/04/2010 12:41:21 PM 1336 Views
Re: Looks like no one knows how bad it is along the border - 26/04/2010 03:58:37 PM 1160 Views
looks like somebody doesn't quite get the point - 29/04/2010 06:18:58 AM 1757 Views
Some thoughts - 26/04/2010 06:42:02 AM 1237 Views
I wouldn't worry to much laws like that - 26/04/2010 03:03:16 PM 1082 Views
patriot act gives that to any federal law enforcement officer - 29/04/2010 06:13:38 AM 1203 Views
Re: Some thoughts - 26/04/2010 04:04:55 PM 1066 Views
Sounds more like a bill to convince people they are doing something than to do something - 26/04/2010 12:43:19 PM 1076 Views
What I find interesting about all this... - 26/04/2010 01:06:08 PM 1184 Views
well you see, that IS part of the problem - 26/04/2010 01:13:19 PM 1175 Views
Re: What I find interesting about all this... - 26/04/2010 03:52:09 PM 1151 Views
Perhaps I'm wrong, but... - 26/04/2010 01:49:13 PM 1070 Views
I don't know about the green cards - 26/04/2010 03:05:49 PM 1105 Views
That last point doesn't really make any sense. - 26/04/2010 03:20:19 PM 1102 Views
my point was that the punishments for the similar crimes are so different. - 26/04/2010 04:23:08 PM 1044 Views
Hey, I think it's an appalling law. - 27/04/2010 02:24:30 PM 1182 Views
Re: Perhaps I'm wrong, but... - 26/04/2010 03:41:47 PM 1034 Views
The law will be overturned but it may help to get the federal government off their collective ass - 26/04/2010 02:59:11 PM 1152 Views
The law will most likely not be overturned. - 26/04/2010 03:13:24 PM 1096 Views
I meant by the courts - 27/04/2010 03:49:11 PM 993 Views
ah well. that'd be nice, then. *NM* - 27/04/2010 05:14:31 PM 502 Views
It's interesting how this sort of mirrors the Belgian issues. - 26/04/2010 03:34:59 PM 1065 Views
the "overrunning" of culture and language is exaggerated, imo - 26/04/2010 04:34:56 PM 1092 Views
I think the primary problem - in both cases - is language, yes. - 26/04/2010 04:54:55 PM 1119 Views
*shrug* I don't know. I just think that people are way too uptight about the issue - 26/04/2010 05:02:30 PM 1047 Views
I agree with you - 26/04/2010 05:26:47 PM 1060 Views
that is also true - 26/04/2010 05:44:40 PM 1012 Views
There is a difference between assimilating and being assimilated - 27/04/2010 04:09:19 PM 1073 Views
the differences really are not that minor - 28/04/2010 06:49:33 PM 1145 Views
hmm, see - 28/04/2010 07:10:42 PM 986 Views
I am from San Antonio I have always been able to buy burritos from my neighbors - 28/04/2010 08:28:45 PM 1013 Views
mmmm Tamale. - 28/04/2010 08:53:13 PM 1049 Views
a minor point.... - 29/04/2010 06:30:22 AM 1110 Views
I'm going to take a common sense approach on this for a minute - 26/04/2010 09:05:21 PM 1298 Views
Re: I'm going to take a common sense approach on this for a minute - 26/04/2010 11:48:14 PM 1438 Views
you are correct - 29/04/2010 06:39:29 AM 1469 Views
Uhm, how is that "worst" case scenario? - 27/04/2010 01:28:28 PM 1074 Views
Worst reasonable case scenario - 28/04/2010 06:48:29 PM 1041 Views
Will the will of the people of Arizona be respected? - 27/04/2010 12:12:46 AM 1209 Views
That's funny... - 27/04/2010 01:57:14 AM 1420 Views
echo chamber much? - 27/04/2010 04:14:53 PM 1153 Views
there's also 53% of us who think this will lead to violating civil rights. - 27/04/2010 05:19:29 PM 1014 Views
Re: there's also 53% of us who think this will lead to violating civil rights. - 28/04/2010 12:40:42 PM 1087 Views
Those incidents are horrible - 28/04/2010 01:07:39 PM 1042 Views
Re: That's funny... - 28/04/2010 12:30:41 PM 1090 Views
And this law will not give them what they want - 28/04/2010 01:12:50 PM 1121 Views
Also, the potential economic consequences of the law could be severe for Arizona. - 27/04/2010 01:03:54 AM 1116 Views
now that's just crazy talk. - 27/04/2010 01:58:42 AM 1042 Views
activist group liberal group claims it will cost money, what a shocker *NM* - 27/04/2010 04:23:11 PM 466 Views
It will cost money - 27/04/2010 09:16:31 PM 1077 Views
but all of that ignores the long term savings - 28/04/2010 03:24:50 PM 1027 Views
it's less a matter of american tourism - 28/04/2010 04:06:50 PM 1078 Views
if they law is enforced it will decrease the number of illegals who go to Arizona - 28/04/2010 06:35:26 PM 1129 Views
I will admit - 28/04/2010 07:01:55 PM 1051 Views
there have always been bad cops and there always will be - 28/04/2010 08:53:50 PM 1019 Views
I don't see any real long term savings coming from this. - 28/04/2010 10:17:26 PM 1146 Views
70% of the people in Arizona support the new law and 30% of the state is Hispanic - 28/04/2010 10:51:08 PM 1275 Views
real science? - 28/04/2010 11:06:13 PM 1065 Views
I linked to it further up the thread and you responded - 28/04/2010 11:19:51 PM 1062 Views
ah, I think I missed it for some reason - 29/04/2010 12:18:13 AM 1115 Views
who has time to read all of this crap *NM* - 29/04/2010 04:26:11 AM 460 Views
I'm familiar with the Rasmussen poll - 28/04/2010 11:31:30 PM 1375 Views
Here's Judge Napolitano's response to this - 27/04/2010 02:19:49 PM 1063 Views

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