Arizona....The Whipping Boy

THE CENTURION CHRONICLE
Special Issue – May 2010

ARIZONA….THE WHIPPING BOY
(being penalized for whistle-blowing)

The State of Arizona is our latest whipping boy. All because its voters, legislature, and governor had the gall to blow the lid off on how corrupt and ridiculous our national policies about illegal aliens has become.

After years of inaction by the Federal government (last demonstrated by Congress’s failure to work out an Immigration Reform Bill in 2009), the folks in Arizona said enough is enough, and did it all on their own. Frankly, instead of being castigated for doing so, they should be cheered for having had the guts to do it.

The dirty little secret about so-called immigration reform is that few, if any, local, state, or federal elected officials really want to do anything of the sort. For mostly political and venal reasons they prefer to leave things as they are…..strictly FU BAR. And added to the hypocritical exclamations about the subject from those “honorables”, is the same kind of moral and intellectual dishonesty displayed by those so-called “advocates”, who cynically use the race factor to further muddle the issue. Nor should we forget the many stalwarts of the legal profession who are more than happy to add their two cents worth of legal nitpicking as well, just to pocket a few extra “fees” for doing so.

All of these people, from the President on down, are being completely dishonest about this issue because none of them make a clear distinction between a legal immigrant….and…. an illegal alien who sneaks into this country, then continues cheating the system to remain here.

One has to wonder at the integrity of those who are screaming loudest against Arizona’s new law. Why do they claim it is anti-Hispanic and racist? Furthermore, police officers do have the right to ask anyone for their ID. That’s nothing new, or particular to Arizona. It is an unfortunate fact that the bulk of those sneaking across our southern borders, happen to be….Hispanic….but Arizona’s new law isn’t and doesn’t take that into account….only that that these are….illegal’s.

It’s time to be honest about this issue, and drop all these hysterical reactions against any attempt to fix what is definitely in need of fixing. We need to reform the procedures for real immigrants to be able to come here, and, we need to reform the way we handle illegal’s who cheat their way here instead. It’s that simple.

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