The new immigration law in Arizona has been greeted with the typical uninformed outrage on the left. You know the drill. Supporters of the bill are racists, fascists, and backward isolationists. But have these emotional critics actually read the bill? Given the amount of uninformed rhetoric going around it seems as if the left has ignored the content of the bill. Byron York asks the same question in his op-ed.
The law requires police to check with federal authorities on a person’s immigration status, if officers have stopped that person for some legitimate reason and come to suspect that he or she might be in the U.S. illegally. The heart of the law is this provision: “For any lawful contact made by a law enforcement official or a law enforcement agency where reasonable suspicion exists that the person is an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States, a reasonable attempt shall be made, when practicable, to determine the immigration status of the person.”
Basically all this law requires is an immigration background check if someone is pulled over. The shocking part is there had to be a law passed for this. The left might as well complain that the police check for outstanding warrents if you get pulled over for a missing tail light. If it happens to me I’m just out of luck. If we do it to an illegal immigrant it’s racism.
Meanwhile there’s reletive silence from the press about. the May “Che” Day protests coming up. The stance is clear on the left: anarchists and socialists are cool but don’t you dare advocate small government. The playbook is clear as well. If you disagree with the progressives on any issue you’re a radical racist who is in love with fascism. What ever happened to law enforcement?
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