I to am a citizen of Arizona, Phoenix to be exact and I live in the Maryvale area. Those of you that live here know that Maryvale is predominately, about 80% Hispanic.
Please do not take what I am about to say and turn it into something else. There are parts of this bill that I agree with and other parts that I don’t.
I have sat here out of fairness to all of you and read each and every post.
No one has taken the time to post the actual bill on line for all to read. Those of you that want to take the time and read this bill you can find it at
www.kpho.com.
Do I think parts of this bill can and will result in racism, yes most likely it will, there are bad apples in all of the police departments but there is a true need for Arizona to enact some kind of immigration legislation.
For example:
[1]Arizona arrests and deports the largest amount of illegal immigrants in the United States with estimates rising to over 450,000 the past 10 years. Right now it is estimated that there are over 40,000 a year that pass over our border.
[2]We spend over 300 million a year on just on medical, and social services for them. This does not count what we spend to educate their children. Our state budget is in crises and can’t keep supporting those that are not here legally.
[3]The last 5 police officers here killed in the line of duty, were killed by illegal immigrants that had arrest warrants on them. One of our largest and most respected cattle ranchers was killed on his own property by an illegal immigrant that the police followed for over 20 miles until he passed back into Mexico.
[4] The last 2 governors of this state have asked Presidents Bush and Obama repeatedly for help in securing our borders with out any response or action s coming from the White House.
[5] Arizona is the leader in human trafficking. The immigrants pay “Coyotes”, smugglers, to bring them across the border, many ending up here in Phoenix at drop houses where they are then moved onto other states and through out the country. The vast majority are held against their will while their families are forced to pay a ransom for their freedom. Many of the women are raped, their only other choice is to escape or hope to be freed by one of the local police task forces. Many die in the vast desert that they must cross to enter. Some die in police chases while packed into trucks and other vehicles.
Is this the price they must pay to enter??
So for me in closing, if you’re here legally and have gone through the process, or were born here then welcome you have nothing to fear. Every person in the world has basic human rights that is a given and they deserve to seek out and improve their lives.
P.S. Sheriff Joe deserves a whole other thread all to himself, he has so run his course as sheriff here, yet we still put him in office time and time again.