Are You Asking to See My Papers?

What is all the fuss about SB-1070 anyway? There seems to be many people upset about the new Arizona law. This law does not usurp the federal law. If SB-1070 created new laws, there might be reason to question its constitutionality.

If Arizona's law is unconstitutional, existing federal laws must be unconstitutional as well since SB-1070 emulates them. It merely allows the laws to be enforced at the state level.

This law is about protecting the people. The porous border poses a real security risk. Many people say the law is racist and we are only going to go after 'brown skin' people. Currently in Pinal County's jail, there are 200 illegals from Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt, Lebanon, and the Sudan. “They’re coming from all over,” Arizona Senator Jon Kyl said. “And one wonders whether some of them are coming in here to commit acts of terror.”

Kyl has been tracking the problem since 2002, not long after the September 11 attacks. Since that time, according to an investigation by the House Committee on Homeland Security, intelligence officials have determined members of the terror group Hezbollah have already infiltrated the U.S. by crossing at the southern border. Border security is US security.
Why should the United States be different than other countries when it comes to the borders? Go to any other country - ANY other country without proof or reason why you are there, you will be sent back, thrown in lockup or be killed, no due process, nothing.

Some people are complaining the law is right out of the Nazi playbook. Show me your papers!
I am a legal United States citizen and I must show my ID when:

1. I am pulled over by the police.
2. Making purchases on my department store credit card.
3. Showing up for a doctor's appointment.
4. Filling out a credit card or loan application.
5. Applying for or renewing a driver's license or passport.
6. Applying for any kind of insurance.
7. Filling out college applications.
8. Donating blood.
9. Obtaining certain prescription drugs.
10. Collecting a boarding pass for airline or train travel.

I'm sure there are more instances, but the point is that we citizens of the USA are required to prove who we are nearly every day. Why should people in this country illegally, be exempt?

Latest polls show that 70% of Arizona residents support this legislation. I hope the other states considering similar legislation move quickly. The federal government is impotent and useless when it comes to enforcing border security. Arizona is shining a spotlight on the Obama administration's lack of resolve regarding our borders and illegal immigration.

People coming here illegally are looking for a better life...I understand that. I am all for that - if they do it legally.

What is all the fuss about SB-1070 anyway? There seems to be many people upset about the new Arizona law. This law does not usurp the federal law. If SB-1070 created new laws, there might be reason to question its constitutionality.

If Arizona's law is unconstitutional, existing federal laws must be unconstitutional as well since SB-1070 emulates them. It merely allows the laws to be enforced at the state level.

This law is about protecting the people. The porous border poses a real security risk. Many people say the law is racist and we are only going to go after 'brown skin' people. Currently in Pinal County's jail, there are 200 illegals from Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt, Lebanon, and the Sudan. “They’re coming from all over,” Arizona Senator Jon Kyl said. “And one wonders whether some of them are coming in here to commit acts of terror.”

Kyl has been tracking the problem since 2002, not long after the September 11 attacks. Since that time, according to an investigation by the House Committee on Homeland Security, intelligence officials have determined members of the terror group Hezbollah have already infiltrated the U.S. by crossing at the southern border. Border security is US security.
Why should the United States be different than other countries when it comes to the borders? Go to any other country - ANY other country without proof or reason why you are there, you will be sent back, thrown in lockup or be killed, no due process, nothing.

Some people are complaining the law is right out of the Nazi playbook. Show me your papers!
I am a legal United States citizen and I must show my ID when:

1. I am pulled over by the police.
2. Making purchases on my department store credit card.
3. Showing up for a doctor's appointment.
4. Filling out a credit card or loan application.
5. Applying for or renewing a driver's license or passport.
6. Applying for any kind of insurance.
7. Filling out college applications.
8. Donating blood.
9. Obtaining certain prescription drugs.
10. Collecting a boarding pass for airline or train travel.

I'm sure there are more instances, but the point is that we citizens of the USA are required to prove who we are nearly every day. Why should people in this country illegally, be exempt?

Latest polls show that 70% of Arizona residents support this legislation. I hope the other states considering similar legislation move quickly. The federal government is impotent and useless when it comes to enforcing border security. Arizona is shining a spotlight on the Obama administration's lack of resolve regarding our borders and illegal immigration.

People coming here illegally are looking for a better life...I understand that. I am all for that - if they do it legally.