The New Arizona Immagration Law and Immigration Reform

The State of Arizona has enacted a law to allow local law enforcement officials to enforce United States Immigration Policy. While no person in this country has should be denied Civil or Constitutional Rights if they are in the United States legally, those who are not here legally are subject to all of the laws of the United States and the State of Arizona has the right to enforce their law. The State of Arizona has the right as a sovreign state of the United States to protect their citizens from violent crime. The State of Arizona has the right to protect their own citizens from paying for governement services that illegal aliens have no right to use.

Assimilation is why our society became referred to as a “Melting Pot”. E pluribus unum, Latin for "Out of many, one" is our national motto. Immigrants for hundreds of years have come to our shores seeking their future as part of the “American Dream”. There was never a Hyphenated American Dream (African-American, Hispanic-American, etc.) because when people came here they left behind their circumstances and to become part of something new. Immigrants came here to become Americans. Immigrants knew learning English was key to their success and being functioning part of our society. They knew that future generations would identify less and less with their foreign heritiage, and embrace being uniquely American. This was not easy because there was without question prejudices that led to widespread rejection of certain people. Irish and Chinese were sent off to build the Transcontinental Railroad because they were not considered to be equal to other immigrants. Regardless, decendants from both of those heritages are now integral part of American Society.

We have a border with two countries Canada and Mexico. The borders are poreous and it is relatively easy and simple to get into the US and out of the United States with proper identification. The United States requires its citizens to possess and present a biometric tamper resistant passport to both leave and re-enter the country at all border checkpoints. The same is true for all other countries but previously Canada and Mexico (and a handful of other countries and US Territories) required only a drivers license and a birth certificate as proof of US Citizenship for the purpose of entry to and exit from their country.

We have an embassy in nearly every country of the world. People from most of the countries where we are represented make application for Visa’s to come to the United States of America. They take a legal path to becoming American, and understand all that is required of them, including the ability to read, speak, and write in the English language, as well as an understanding of American History and the United States Constitution.

We are a sovreign country that must have safe, secure, and sustainible borders. We have to maintain a fair and reasonable immigration policy. We cannot tolerate the blatent disregard of our immigration laws, and the associated cost of providing federal, local, and state government services to those who are here illegally. We must respect the laws of other nations and the citizens of other nations must respect our laws. No other country on earth tolerates agregis disregard of borders or their immigration policies. Why should the United States be different.

Immigrants from Mexico and Central and South Ameica. Hispanic-Americans have been against the concept of “Many into One” and to giving up their heritage. They and their advocacy groups are insistant on being embraced as a protected class of immigrants. Politicians have done little to change their attitudes or thinking finding it more politically expidient to give in than to lose votes. As a result much of our governent produces documentation in both English and Spanish, and many businesses looking not to alienate a large block of purchasing power provide a Spanish translation to their customers. When you contact most any company doing business with a diverse customer base you are faced with making a choice between hearing their information in English or pressing two (2) for the Spanish translation. No assimilation is taking place anywhere in terms of immigrants from south of the border.

Persons here in the United States illegally should leave. If they are not able to leave on their own, or demonstrate why they should be allowed to stay in the United States for reasons such as political or religious persecution in their own country should be given immediate assistance to return to their country of origin. Illegals can upon their return apply to come to the United States legally, and given reasonable consideration. However, those who have made application from outside of the United States should be given consideration first.

Each and every person in this country with the exception of Native Americans (Eskimos and Indians) come from a family of immigrants from some other country. Each and every person in this country has their own proud perspective with regard to their heritage and family country of origin. However, we must all be one people, one United States of America, but none of us have a right to demand our country assimilate to our own heritage. The United States Federal Government should take heed and enforce the Federal Laws agressively and protect all of the citizens of the United States from the currently poreous borders.