SB 1070 Discussion Reflection

This class discussion had its ups and downs, but overall it was progressive and also very interesting. There were many different people with different point of views and aspects towards the senate bill. I think that there were those who were extremely for it because of personal reasons, or situations that have affected them. They have first hand experience of how illegal immigration has affected them and they completely agree with the terms of the bill. They went on to say that the illegal immigrants are hurting our economy because they do not pay taxes. These taxes help support America's hospitals and education funds, and the are very necessary to be paid because they are the living soul of our schools and hospitals. The other side viewed SB 1070 as a harsh bill. They claimed that it isn't fair and that we should not break up the families because of the children. They also claimed that it is an unconstitutional law, because it violates the rights of the fourteenth amendment. But this side of the argument withheld some ignorance in it. Some people were stating to open the borders. I think that they believe that it will be all nice and happy once the borders are opened, but what they are unaware of is the fact that these new immigrants will be coming here for opportunity, and that they will definitely work harder than us Americans for it because they have to earn it more than we do. Once they start to take over the jobs that "we" want to employed in, "we" will be very angry, because employers will take these immigrants because they will work for cheap, and also get the job done pretty well. So, before "we" come to dramatic conclusions like, open the borders, "we" should think about our future.

-Ali Raza

Real N..ga Speaks On Illegal Immigration.

I was looking through videos of SB1070, this popped up in the related videos. So i clicked on it and it was pretty funny. It has some explicit language, so viewer discretion is advised.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYysQ39RWjY&feature=related

Monday September 13, 2010

SB 1070 is a very controversial reform that the state of Arizona is trying to go through. It is said to deport an estimated twelve million illegal immigrants back home. There are obviously two sides to this political and social reform. There is the side that supports SB 1070, and there is also a side that is against the reform. The supporters believe that the economic cost of illegal immigration is taking its toll, especially in Arizona. According to a recent study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, Arizonans paid 2.7 billion dollars in 2009 to support illegal immigration. The amount of money to support illegal immigration does not cover the amount of money that it cost the state to deal with the increase in violent crimes and the rise of the drug cartel in the state. (Stopa) I am a supporter of SB 1070. I believe that if a person is not in America legally, then anything that they do in this country will be illegal. Also, in these tough economical times, Americans need help and support. They need jobs to feed their American family. When illegal immigrants come into America and take the jobs of Americans, it hurts the people of our country, and I think that US citizens deserve to be in a better situation than the people that aren’t legally living in our country.

On the other hand, there are some people that are against Arizona’s new reform. They believe that SB 1070 is unconstitutional and immoral because it requires the use of racial profiling. Racial profiling is prohibited by the law, but in order to accuse an illegal immigrant of reasonable suspicion, there has to be a tie with the race of the person. What some people will argue is that, many illegal immigrants are being targeted by the police because of their skin color. They will claim that America is supposed to be the land of the free, but it is taking away freedom. Some other people believe that there will be a loss of culture and values if the 12 million illegal immigrants are deported.

Michael Stopa. “Why the Arizona immigration law makes sense here, too.” Boston Globe 15 Jun 2010. US National Newspapers. Proquest. Web. 17 jus. 2010

-Ali Raza