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Illegal immigration – the next hot button issue

United States Flag Upside Down Under Mexican Flag

Just has has been predicted, illegal immigration will be the next agenda item for the Obama administration. The law that was courageously passed by Arizona will help speed the process.  As with any law, it isn’t perfect.  There are troubling issues about presenting papers to prove citizenship that must be addressed, and the application of the law will surely be tested.

However, I would like to address a hot button topic that I am sure will ruffle a few feathers.  That is the subject of “racial profiling.”  This term has been constructed and defined for the sole purpose of hindering the investigation of crimes by criminals. There are some stubborn things called “facts” that people do not want to deal with when it comes to the issue of illegal immigration.

• Fact – The vast, vast majority of illegal immigrants in this nation are Hispanic.  95% plus is a legitimate estimate.
• Fact – Had we been enforcing laws already on the books, we would not have this problem.
• Fact – The illegal immigrants have been draining resources from state and local budgets for decades now.  We are in a time economically when we must make the hard choices.
• Fact – United States citizens are granted rights by our Constitution.  Foreigners are protected from undue persecution and improper trial, but they are not granted the rights of U.S. citizens.

That brings me to the issue of racial profiling.  Let me make my point by an illustration.  It isn’t a pleasant one but makes my point.

If we are to use the logic of those who decry using racial profiling in the enforcement of law, then we would have to apply that logic to other physical characteristics that distinguish one group of people from another.  Take gender for example.  Gender, like race, is something that is easily recognizable (except in some large cities).  Now lets say that law enforcement not only is prohibited from using “racial profiling” but they are also prohibited from using “gender profiling.” Hmm…

It is a fact that over 95% of sexual assaults are committed by men.  What happens when tragically, a woman is assaulted?  She gives a description to police that will help them catch the criminal.  But applying the logic of the left and “racial profiling,” she should not be allowed to identify the gender of her assailant.  It matters not that she saw him.  It matters not that 95% of sexual assaults are committed by men.  She cannot name her assailants gender.  And police must consider males and females alike when investigating the crime.  Rapists would love that law, and I am sure support it wholeheartedly.  If practiced, it would hinder their arrest and imprisonment.

Absurd?  You bet.

What is the difference then when police are sent to investigate a report of a group of Hispanic men who are working a job site yet have not produced identification that they are legally entitled to work.  It needs to be investigated.  All information is taken down.  But the race of the men cannot be identified.  Police must go out and look for them without considering race, despite 95% of illegal aliens are Hispanic (and they could be identified by witnesses as being Hispanic).  Hispanic illegal immigrants would love that law (and they do.)  If practiced, it would hinder their arrest and deportation.

Absurd?  Should be.

In the real world, if such restrictions were placed on law enforcement, (in both cases) they would still use “profiling” to identify suspects.  They know the statistics.  They know who to look for.  Cries of “racial profiling” or “gender profiling” are simply fodder for the criminals to use to hide behind political correctness.

Don’t think for a minute I am equating illegal aliens with rapists other than to make a simple point (yes you lefties, that is the first place you would go with this). The point is this.  In both cases, the people are criminals.  (people don’t want to hear that about Hispanic illegals, yet it is one of those stubborn facts that “reform” wishes to remedy).  In both cases, they have an easily identifiable physical characteristic that drastically shrinks the pool of likely suspects.  Identifying that identifiable characteristic is simply good practice.

Both criminals deserve the punishment the law affords.  Prison for one, deportation for the other.  The latter has the opportunity to do it the right way – apply for citizenship and go through the process if they wish.  But they do not want to follow the law. Instead, they want amnesty – forgiveness without consequence.  I’m sorry, but to be consistent we would then have to apply that standard to the rapist as well.  Maybe not such a good idea after all…

The left wants to assign degrees to the debate to cloud the issue.  It is then that their relativistic worldview comes into plain sight. “You can’t compare a rapist to a Hispanic single mom who is just trying to provide for her family!”  Yes I can, and I just did.  They both have broken the law.  While I would feel empathy for the mother and wish to help her through other means to provide for her family (this is where the church should come in) her breaking of the law cannot be accepted.

Right and wrong.  Standards.  Absolutes.  Difficult things to be sure.  But necessary for a functioning society.

Obama’s Loyalties Exposed

The upcoming debate on the issue of illegal immigration should prove to be an interesting one.  The Obama/Reid/Pelosi axis ignored the will of the majority of Americans and passed Obamacare despite their protests.  Watch what happens if/when they ramrod through an amnesty bill.  They will have pressed forward with the wishes of a small minority of foreigners (some of whom by the way hoisted their flag above an upside down American flag at a school in California when immigration reform with some teeth was proposed in 2006).  What a contrast!  The fallout of such a move should be interesting to watch. It will certainly make clear that their agenda and loyalties are not with the U.S. citizen and the Constitution, but rather with the globalists and the interests of the U.N.

Hold the Race Card Lefties

Oh, and by the way, for those who want to label me a racist because of this post?  Good luck.  I have two adopted Guatemalan sons whom I love dearly.  I would not want them to be subject to discrimination based on their race.  However, if they are in an area where a crime is committed and their “profile” fits the criminal and if there is reasonable cause to suspect they may have been involved – let the questions be asked.  Their innocence would soon be evident.

The agenda of the left is being exposed more and more each day.  They are rushing toward the finish line of Marxism as fast as they can run.  Has “the great awakening” of the tea party come in time to stop them? In part, that answer depends on your participation.  We will know within a few short years.