Nazi Shot by Helpless Innocent Person Who Was Just Looking for Work

I've taken my time waiting to post anything on the Arizona illegal immigrant law. I wanted to be sure I understood the implications of how it was written and exactly what was going on in Arizona first. Call me crazy, I like to be informed before I go off half cocked (ahem, Mr. President). Arizona has a serious problem and it's not about a lack of jobs or too many gardeners. Arizona has become the kidnapping capitol of the the United States and is second only to Mexico City in the world all because of Mexican drug traffic. Yesterday, a sheriff was shot by another group of drug dealers.

But if you ask the Open Borders movement and much of the left, the Arizona law is reminiscent of Nazi's persecuting Jews and requiring them to carry their papers, Apartheid and Jim Crow laws. At least one Republican is stupid enough to have made the comparison as well. Even if the Arizona law was what they claim it is, this comparison is both offensive and ignorant. President Barack Obama, who apparently is the most ignorant lawyer on the planet, has claimed that olive skinned people going to get ice cream are likely to be harassed as a result of the law. It's good to know he's more than just a bad President.

Having looked at the text of the law, it requires that a law enforcement officer make a probable cause stop prior to ever developing a reasonable suspicion on the immigration status of the subject. In other words, if you see a guy at the Lowe's parking lot looking for a construction job at the corner with 30 other people who everyone on the planet knows are likely illegals, that is not sufficient reason for the officer to ask them to produce identification, or, as the Nazi calling morons say, papers. Ask yourself, do you feel as if you are supposed to have your driver's license on you at all times? Do you expect that other people will have some form of identification? My understanding is that most states require all adults to carry some form of identification. Not only that, federal law makes being in the country without proper ID a crime.

So what is this outrage from the left really all about? Why is the rhetoric about racism and job envy when the truth is there is an all out drug war in Mexico bleeding into the southern states? There are a number of reasons. Liberals and conservatives alike want control of the Hispanic voting bloc and both believe that immigration and amnesty are ways to coax that vote. I believe there is a far more powerful incentive on the left.

Unions have long been supporters of amnesty for illegal immigrants. How does this make sense? Aren't the union leaders there to protect the jobs of their dues paying members? Unions have negotiated deals that are not only anti-business, but have become so bloated as to be unsustainable. Pension fund liabilities and health care costs have been driving up the costs of unions. Much like social security and medicare, more retirees are receiving benefits than people are paying into the system, creating an unfunded liability nightmare. But, if you can legally bring in a whole new class of millions of workers, suddenly you have hundreds of millions of dollars in new dues paying union members and the unfunded liability becomes funded again. At least for a while. This is the same reason union leaders were so gung ho on the health care bill. They have the great health care plans, but if they could kick members onto the government teat, there goes a major expense.

Polls vary, but most show a greater that 2 to 1 support nationally for the Arizona law. The left, morons that they are, are loudly protesting to the point that some have called for a boycott of Arizona Iced Tea, which is made in New York. But then, logic has always been the enemy of the left.