The recent passage of a new immigration law in Arizona has caused a split among politicians. The law, just passed in April, requires immigrants in Arizona to carry their registration documentation with them at all times and allows police to question ones immigration status while in the process of enforcing other laws. Critics to this law believe that it will create more racial profiling, while supporters argue that it is needed to lower the number of illegal immigrants in the state.
President Obama has been critical of the law, he believes that it does help the problem of illegal immigration but it also undermines the political principles that define America. At a rally in Iowa in April Obama referred to the law by stating:
"You can imagine if you are an Hispanic American in Arizona, your great grandparents may have been there before Arizona was even a state, but now suddenly if you don't have your papers, and you took your kid out to get ice cream, you're gonna be harassed."
Former governor of Alaska Sarah Palin has joined sides with Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and has expressed much support for the law. Palin has called for Obama to reverse his stance on the law and at a press conference in Arizona Palin called to Obama to "do your job, secure our border."
In my opinion no one is completely correct on this issue, I believe it is necessary for the border states to have stricter legislation for controlling illegal immigration, but that doesn't mean the states can violate your natural rights. Palins stance is too liberal, she is just siding with the majority in Arizona that want the illegals out, but she has no plan on how to do that. Whereas President Obama, is being more conservative with his stance he knows that the issue of illegal immigration needs to stop but believes there are better ways to go after it.
Other law makers across the country have expressed their opinions on this new law, Democrat Raul Grijalva (Arizona) told CNN: "When you institutionalize a law like this one, you are targeting and discriminating at a wholesale level against a group of people," Grijalva and Rep. Luis Gutierrez, the chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Task Force on Immigration Reform, said Republican Gov. Jan Brewer should veto the measure, which the state Senate approved Monday.
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The recent passage of a new immigration law in Arizona has caused a split among politicians. The law, just passed in April, requires immigrants in Arizona to carry their registration documentation with them at all times and allows police to question ones immigration status while in the process of enforcing other laws. Critics to this law believe that it will create more racial profiling, while supporters argue that it is needed to lower the number of illegal immigrants in the state.
President Obama has been critical of the law, he believes that it does help the problem of illegal immigration but it also undermines the political principles that define America. At a rally in Iowa in April Obama referred to the law by stating:
Former governor of Alaska Sarah Palin has joined sides with Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and has expressed much support for the law. Palin has called for Obama to reverse his stance on the law and at a press conference in Arizona Palin called to Obama to "do your job, secure our border."
In my opinion no one is completely correct on this issue, I believe it is necessary for the border states to have stricter legislation for controlling illegal immigration, but that doesn't mean the states can violate your natural rights. Palins stance is too liberal, she is just siding with the majority in Arizona that want the illegals out, but she has no plan on how to do that. Whereas President Obama, is being more conservative with his stance he knows that the issue of illegal immigration needs to stop but believes there are better ways to go after it.
Other law makers across the country have expressed their opinions on this new law, Democrat Raul Grijalva (Arizona) told CNN:
"When you institutionalize a law like this one, you are targeting and discriminating at a wholesale level against a group of people," Grijalva and Rep. Luis Gutierrez, the chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Task Force on Immigration Reform, said Republican Gov. Jan Brewer should veto the measure, which the state Senate approved Monday.
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