Oooooo, snap!
Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce, who crafted a bill that would require immigrants to carry proof of legal status, lashed out at Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony on Wednesday for his criticism of the proposed legislation, calling the Roman Catholic leader a "guy who's been protecting child molesters and predators all of his life."
Okay, I am no fan of Cardinal Mahoney, but I do think Arizona's illegal immigration bill is flawed. Putting aside the fact that illegal immigration is already a crime, hence why we have deportations, it allows the police to stop any person when they have reasonable suspicion of that person possibly being an illegal alien.
Let's say that bill was in place in Los Angeles . . . there would be some very, very busy cops. Especially around Home Depot parking lots. So busy, in fact, that I might even worry, why aren't they out there taking care of real crime, like the guy hopping from my back window with my TV? By the way, you need papers? I bet you for a couple of hundred bucks, I can go into Santee Alley (famous little shopping alley in L.A.'s garment district where I know you can pick up a firearm, no questions asked) and come out with papeles that will pass muster. So the Big Brown Wrecking Crew at Home Depot gets a pass while you're getting carjacked on the other side of town.
Oh, and the law will make it illegal to hire an illegal alien. So let me teach you some handy phrases the next time Team Chuy comes to do the mow-and-blow in your backyard. No, trust me, you can use these phrases . . .
Perdon, pendejo. Excuse me, buddy.
Estas un ciudadano de los Estados Unidos? Are you a citizen of the United States?
No? Quizas tienes una carte verde? No? Maybe you have a green card?
Chinga tu madre! Okay, necesito una trabajador legal - alguien conoces? Well, whaddaya know! Okay, I'm gonna need someone legal - know anyone?
Tu compadre? Qual es su nombre? Your friend? What is his name?
Por favor de preguntar a Nando de llamarme. Yo prefiero si el puede hacer el trabajo los miercoles. Gracias, cabron. Please have your friend Nando call me. I prefer if he can do the "mow and blow" on Wednesdays. Thank you, friend.
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The proposed law will give law enforcement another tool to try to prevent the trafficking of human beings through our state. It will also be immediately challenged in Federal Court. I believe that the entire purpose of the law is to get the issue brought up in Federal Court to try to pressure the administration to do something more at the border.
Police officers are not going to be pulling over people just because they are of another color or nationality. But, in the case of reasonable suspicion that there is something wrong, at least the driver of the vehicle will have to produce a valid driver license. Even if it is a good fake it will work as ID. The big police departments like Phoenix, Mesa, Tucson and DPS are opposed to having to contact ICE when they have confirmed illegal aliens, so I doubt that they are going to actively enforce the new law, if the governor signs it. There is a big problem with the feds working with state and local authorities on the illegal immigration issue. Unless someone is caught at the border or at a secondary checkpoint, that ends the threat of being caught for the most part. Most local cops don't want to be off the street for several hours waiting for ICE to show up and deport someone who is illegal. We can't even deport the criminals once they have served sentences in state prison.
It is already illegal to hire an illegal alien (that is why we have to fill out a I-9 form). There is very little enforcement of this by Federal Officials. Once again, Arizona has taken matters into its own hands by a state employer sanctions law. This law in Arizona has been used only a few times and seems to be more of a grandstanding play when used. A local market in Phoenix made the news today after it fired 300 people for fake documents after a Federal investigation. Local Media Story.
Sen. Pearce is a loudmouth who tries to get attention with outrageous statements seems to have a vendetta about certain issues. Even though he has an "R" after his name, he does not usually spout what more mainstream people want to hear. In this case there is overwhelming support for SB1070. No matter how it turns out, Pearce has received the national attention on this matter that he was looking for. We'll see what Gov. Brewer does. She is running for a full term and is between a rock and a hard place politically.
I was in basic combat training with a couple of Hispanics and I KNOW what that 'chinga....' phrase means.
Shame on you.
Dad29, yup. It is.
Dad29,
This is a PG13 rated blog - we use adult language here.
Well ok, it is sometimes verging on R rated, but only when circumstances warrant in order to serve a higher moral purpose - or just to be a little ..... "nasty."
Comprendo pendejo?
I gotta go, I smell lamb shanks cookin in the kitchen. Yum!
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