15 States Want To Pass Arizona Style Immigration Laws

In further proof that you don't have to be particularly smart to serve in a state legislature, 15 states are currently working on passing Arizona style immigration laws.

Why do I say that these people are stupid? There's this thing called the US Constitution, I'm sure you've heard of it.

The Constitution says (Article VI, Clause 2) states cannot individually create their own laws that supersede federal laws. There's also the question of whether or not state and local law enforcement has the authority to enforce federal laws. By the way, they don't.

There's that little thing, then there's the other problem.

The other problem is that these laws will invariably lead to more racial profiling. The only people that will be targeted by these laws, are brown people that speak with an accent.

The people in the state senates mentioned below are merely pandering, scapegoating, obfuscating and engaging in demagoguery while ignoring the real issues and real problems that we face in this country.

Has anyone else noticed the deficit? Has anyone else noticed the constant budget shortfalls? Has anyone else noticed how much they've cut from education budgets?

I guess none of that is as important.

I'm guessing, it's far more palatable for legislators to say that illegal immigrants are taking away all the jobs and benefits (they're not) than it is for legislators to say that the reason we're so screwed is due to their own ineptitude and mismanagement coupled with the general population's complacency.

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