Thread: Know it's illegal to be here illegally?

Know it's illegal to be here illegally?
Letter to the Editor
Published: 5/18/2010 12:02 AM
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The Obama Administration is encouraging protests by withholding the fact that the new Arizona law tracks the Federal law that has been in existence for 23 years, but is no longer enforced by his Administration.

The people of Arizona, through their elected representatives, have simply taken the laws against illegal immigration adopted by Congress and made them into state laws that can be enforced by local authorities.

Since President Obama's response to this crisis situation was to reduce the number of border patrol agents on the southern border with Mexico, the people of Arizona were left with little choice but to take action on their own to provide for the "common defense" of the American people.

The police must have probable cause to believe someone is in the country illegally or they must catch someone in the act of breaking another law and then the authorities will have the right to detain the person and determine their immigration status. All American citizens have laws they must abide by or they will be stopped and asked to show identification. Does anyone understand the fact that being here illegally is an illegal act?

Robin Guerrero

Naperville

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=381347&src=

I agree! For some reason (hummm, I wonder why?) No one is talking about the fact that this law is and has been a federal law for years! And no one is talikng about Mexico's General Poulation Law. Sure, it was talked about once or twice by the media; I think I caught a 10 second blurp about it on the news. Mexico's law is far more strict than ours and has far greater penalty for breaking it!
It's embarrassing that our leaders are tucking tail on this and not standing up and admitting that this is only an extension of the law that is already in place Federally and they just haven't had the backbone to enfore it, or most other immigration laws for that matter. Perhaps they also need some lessons in the englilsh language.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_Immigration
Illegal immigration is the movement of people across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country. Illegal immigrants are also known as illegal aliens to differentiate them from legal aliens.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal
Illegal, or unlawful, is used to describe something that is prohibited or not authorized by law or, more generally, by rules specific to a particular situation (such as a game).



I'm an American.....I am human too!!!!

I just have to ask this one question.

WHAT ABOUT MY CIVIL RIGHTS??????


I'm an American..... I am human too!