Before I get into the Arizona law, I must say to you people on the far left that call me racist, that you need to look deep inside your heart. Martin Luther King’s speeches were about equality in the rule of law and opportunity, and not about disregarding the law for your own selfish interests.
As a LEGAL immigrant to this country who has been here for over 30 years, I will tell you that one of the best things about the United States is that is has been a country that has put the rule of law above that of personality and polls. That means that no one is above the law and the law is what drives official behavior. It means that, unlike most of the countries where immigrants come from, it values the law above anything else. If the population does not like a law, it has the RIGHT to change it to either get rid of it or strengthen it. In a nutshell, it’s what makes the United States a great society and provides for equality and it makes MLK’s dream a reality.
Legal immigrants like myself have enjoyed the benefits of this rule of law. This is a country where anyone can succeed with education and hard work. This is a country that has benefited and continues to benefit from contributions from legal immigrants, and those contributions are too many to count. However, when the rule of law is not followed to the political benefit of the left, then we are loosing our foundation.
Arizonans voted overwhelmingly to take control of their rule of law by ensuring that ALL laws are followed, and not ignored as they have been in the past. The idea of a sanctuary city, like we have here in Houston, is not only non-sensical, but it is also dangerous and fundamentally wrong. It is not a discriminatory law, as the police are not looking to bust anyone with a Hispanic last name. All the law says is that the people whom we pay to enforce our laws and maintain our rule of law must now do so. It’s as simple as that.
The reaction from the left has been nothing short of amazing. They are calling for boycotts of everything Arizona. LULAC, which has never advanced Hispanic causes, just leftist political causes, is calling for the boycott of Arizona teams in Houston. That, in itself, is not only wrong, but dangerous. What they are really saying is that because they feel that their power in the Democratic party would be diminished if another million illegals come in this year, that they are willing to destroy our rule of law to continue building their fiefdoms.
Let me say this as clearly as possible. There is nothing wrong with a law designed to enforce our existing laws. There is nothing wrong with transparency in the process and with asking law enforcement to enforce the law. I have not doubt that many illegal immigrants that have come to this country have made great contributions, and that there will always be outcasts on either side that will provide a question to the general law. However, if you turn the table, you will find that even Mexico’s rule of law on illegal Americans in their country is considerably stronger than what we currently have being enforced today.
There are existing programs today in which the very poor can come in to work from places like Mexico in a legal manner. The reason that those programs are not popular is because of all of the protection, outside of the law, that illegal aliens receive. The left and the mainstream media have even gone as far as not calling an illegal alien by that moniker. They are now calling them undocumented workers. That new moniker is easier in the ears and makes them sound like victims.
On the racial profiling question, I have to call BS. I have been here 30+ years and my English, just like the rest of my family is pretty good, if not perfect. There are very few US citizens that do not speak the language. The tools that Arizona is providing it’s law enforcement folks is meant to be able address the issue with people who are OBVIOUSLY illegal and that are typically not contributing to society. It is not discriminatory or predatory. It simply asks law enforcement to do its job.
So why is the left so upset? Because of the loss of potential Democrat voters in the future. Just like illegal Mexicans voted for the PRI in their country overwhelmingly, they hope that they will become a voting block here for them. If your citizens don’t like the messages you are spewing, then add others that will. It’s about the dismantling of all that is good in America by dismantling the basic fabric of what holds us together: the rule of law.
I remember that Miami was boycotted for several years by the NAACP and other black organizations because they chose to enforce their criminal laws and stepped up enforcement in areas of high crimes, which in that city happened to be black areas. They went as far as limiting access to those neighborhoods, and to the dismay of the radical left, crime in Miami dropped significantly. They didn’t see the fact that most of that crime was black on black, and at the end, the people that most benefited from that enforcement policy was the African Americans, with the great majority not being criminals, that were able to lower crime in their neighborhoods. After crime was controlled, they went back to the normal enforcement policies of the past, and everyone lifted their boycotts. It is simple, the rule of law is good for EVERYONE who lives within the law. Let’s learn from Miami’s efforts.
Organizations like LULAC prey on the vulnerabilities of those inside the law by presenting them with far-fetched horror scenarios that are IMPOSSIBLE under the rule of law, in order to provide itself with more power by including those outside of the law. LULAC does not represent me, a Hispanic, and never will. It does not represent most of us LEGAL immigrants or Hispanic citizens who have worked hard, contributed to make this country great, and have benefited from the rule of law.
So, my response to LULAC will be quite simple: I’m going to the Astros game when Arizona plays here next week. If I have a reason, I will patronize Arizona, and will support the right of its citizens to maintain and reclaim their rule of law. I hope that you join me in supporting these folks as they are under heavy attack by the radical left.