By Joy Tiz ——Bio and Archives--April 28, 2010
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Has anyone actually read the law? Contrary to the talk, it is a reasonable, limited, carefully-crafted measure designed to help law enforcement deal with a serious problem in Arizona. Its authors anticipated criticism and went to great lengths to make sure it is constitutional and will hold up in court. It is the criticism of the law that is over the top, not the law itself.York continues:
Critics have focused on the term ‘reasonable suspicion’ to suggest that the law would give police the power to pick anyone out of a crowd for any reason and force them to prove they are in the U.S. legally. Some foresee mass civil rights violations targeting Hispanics.The new law merely requires that police officers check with federal authorities as to a person’s immigration status, if the officers have stopped that individual for a legitimate purpose. In essence, any detention by law enforcement requires specific articulable facts. This is hardly ground breaking. The police always need a legally supportable reason to detain anybody in the United States, no matter how brief that dentition may be, as when issuing a traffic ticket. With a large Hispanic population that is growing quickly, the notion that Latinos will be singled out and targeted for harassment is preposterous. Cretins seeking to make political and economic hay by setting off a civil war are on TV issuing asinine warnings –straight faced--about police officers kicking in motel doors to arrest the maids. These folks must not live in very diverse areas. As one who lives next to two sanctuary cities, I can attest that in large swaths of the Coachella Valley, the only way to make yourself stand out is to be a blond white woman. Ignored in all of the artificial panic is the reality of the catastrophic state of our southern borders. Decades of neglect by politicians of all stripes have allowed it to collapse into a war zone. Mainstream media sentiment notwithstanding, motel maids are the least of our worries. Too many smugglers who once had to rely on job seeking immigrants for their incomes have tapped a far more lucrative market—bringing drugs and weapons into the United States across our porous southern border. Obama’s pal, Hugo Chavez is supporting Hezbollah, with the backing of Iran
He [Chavez] has all the weapons needed to terrorize the U.S., including the capacity to build a dirty bomb--or another biological weapon--and the ability to move money or materials across American borders at will through the 14,000 American gas stations he owns. (Forbes)If that doesn’t worry you, how about a nuclear Venezuela? According to the Armed Forces Journal:
Russia has developed a budding friendship with Venezuela that keeps getting tighter — and worse for America. Now, Moscow could be putting Chavez on the road to developing a nuclear capability. While Moscow has already sold billions worth of arms to Caracas, the latest deviltry came at a Moscow summit last February, when Russia offered Venezuela assistance in building a nuclear reactor.Chavez’s strong ties to Iran combined with his expertise in terrorism should have us sealing our borders post haste. Imagine what Chavez’s minions could be importing while politicians are preoccupied with their internal polling.
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Joy was born in Chicago, long enough ago to remember when many democrats were actually normal people who were just wrong about everything. Joy holds a M.Sc. in psychology and a JD in law. Joy hosts The Joy Tiz Show Wednesdays at 2 pm Pacific/5 pm Eastern.
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