Mainstream media still misrepresenting Arizona’s Illegal immigration law

In my April 24^th post titled ‘mainstream media just can’t help themselves’ I pointed out how WABC radio in New York was referring to the recently past Arizona law that gives police the right to question people about their immigration status as “anti-immigration” legislation.

I was briefly listening to the radio station again yesterday (Saturday) and the network newscast again referred to the law as “anti-immigration.” One time could be a slip of the tongue or a misprint in the news copy, but twice in two days at random times? The media also refuses to understand, or refuses to report that the Arizona law is actually identical to the current federal law. The difference is that there is no one enforcing the federal law. After all, we don’t have a national police force – at least not yet.

Again, I want someone at ABC News to explain how a law that is targeted at ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS can be described as anti-immigration? The number of Visas and the number of people permitted to immigrate into our country hasn’t changed – the state of Arizona can’t do that! The United States still has the most generous immigration policy in the world; no other country comes close!

Anti-Immigration, ABC News? How about Anti-Illegal Immigration?

Evidently, the MSM aren’t the only ones who have a big problem with the Arizona legislation. Barack Obama has criticized the legislation and vowed to change it through “comprehensive immigration reform.” The Congressional Hispanic Caucus has also vowed to fight the Arizona law. By the way, where’s the Congressional White or the Congressional American Caucus?  Even Al Sharpton is said to be planning a march through the streets of Arizona to protest the law. Apparently all of the recent violence in NYC has been black on white, or black on black, so Sharpton has to take his show on the road.

Of course the Mexican government has also spoken out against the Arizona law. How dare we not let them dump all of their poor and uneducated people on us! The Mexican government is a disgrace! Instead of making the necessary governmental reforms, they basically encourage millions of their own citizens to take a hike. Let the Mexican underclass become the problem of the American taxpayer; what a grand solution!

The Arizona law was passed through the proper democratic and legislative channels, and is in my humble opinion legal! Besides the new tools it gives to police, it also toughens restrictions and fines for hiring and transporting illegal aliens. If initiated on a national scale, tougher fines and restrictions on hiring illegal immigrants would go a very long way in solving the problem. Supporters of Comprehensive Immigration Reform have been making the ridiculous argument that we can’t possibly round-up and deport all of the illegal immigrants – so we may as well give them amnesty. That argument is nothing more than a smokescreen! We don’t have to “round-up” illegal immigrants. All we have to do is make it so economically dangerous for unscrupulous employers to hire them. If the illegal money and illegal jobs dried up, I believe that most illegal immigrants would round themselves up and go back home. The insane anchor-baby laws also have to be abolished. This is the law which allows illegal aliens to stay in our country and access social and educational services at the great expense of hard-working taxpayers. I may be insane, but I believe that a child born in the United States to an illegal immigrant is also an illegal immigrant – plain and simple!

The Arizona law is a start in the right direction, but there is so much more we could and should be doing on the federal level to effectively put an end to illegal immigration. The problem has been the lack of political will to stop this crime. The Democrats want more ignorant and dependent people added to their voting bloc, and many Republicans want to preserve cheap labor for their business constituents.

I believe that most Americans know the difference between legal and illegal immigration. Illegal immigration has become a burden too heavy to bear by hardworking, over-taxed American citizens.

Enough is enough already!