Comments on: Congress Proposes Shamnesty for Illegal Aliens http://prevarication.net/2009/12/congress-proposes-shamnesty-for-illegal-aliens/ Dedicated to the exposure and preservation of prevarication in public life. Thu, 04 Aug 2011 08:45:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hey You! http://prevarication.net/2009/12/congress-proposes-shamnesty-for-illegal-aliens/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 Hey You! Tue, 04 May 2010 04:12:13 +0000 http://prevarication.net/?p=2456#comment-1055 The real flaw in the logic here is that some folks believe that the violence and illegal activity is due to undocumented workers. In reality, violent crime is down in Arizona but the media and the hard-liners in AZ make sure that if an undocumented worker is involved, it's big news, but the facts are that violent crime has slowed in the last few years in AZ. The law passed isn't going to stop the real problem which are drug runners and smugglers, It isn't even going to slow them down. There was a great article in the LA Times featuring an interview with an ex-Phoenix cop who had to deal with these issues. (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/immigration/la-me-0502-lopezcolumn-20100502%2C0%2C2732982.column) And he said it very plainly after a white cop was killed: "I told people that it's not whites or Hispanics who killed Marc," he said back then. "It's drug-dealing cop killers. The issue isn't ethnicity — it's crime and drugs." And this is the real problem with this law is that it doesn't address the real issue, at all. The real flaw in the logic here is that some folks believe that the violence and illegal activity is due to undocumented workers. In reality, violent crime is down in Arizona but the media and the hard-liners in AZ make sure that if an undocumented worker is involved, it’s big news, but the facts are that violent crime has slowed in the last few years in AZ. The law passed isn’t going to stop the real problem which are drug runners and smugglers, It isn’t even going to slow them down.

There was a great article in the LA Times featuring an interview with an ex-Phoenix cop who had to deal with these issues. (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/immigration/la-me-0502-lopezcolumn-20100502%2C0%2C2732982.column)

And he said it very plainly after a white cop was killed: “I told people that it’s not whites or Hispanics who killed Marc,” he said back then. “It’s drug-dealing cop killers. The issue isn’t ethnicity — it’s crime and drugs.”

And this is the real problem with this law is that it doesn’t address the real issue, at all.

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