http://www.onenewsnow.com/Perspectives/Default.aspx?id=1043152The passage of AB 1070 several weeks ago by Arizona lawmakers and signed into law by Governor Jan Brewer has created a huge commotion across the nation. The liberal media is initially to blame for this response due to the fact that they jumped to conclusions and did not properly research the new law. In fact, most of AB 1070's opponents have not even read the law, although they continue to misrepresent the truth and avoid explaining the contents of the new Arizona state law to the public.
AB 1070 doesn't give law enforcement officials the right to indiscriminately check Arizona's inhabitants for immigration/visa violations. But it does give those officials the right to verify their immigration status -- after authorities have valid cause for detaining or stopping them in the first place.
Millions of Americans were infuriated when Mexican President Felipe Calderon scolded Americans before Congress that the Arizona law will lead us to "harmful discrimination" and "racial profiling." Calderon is perfectly aware that his own country's laws regarding legal immigration are much more rigid than those in the U.S. In a recent interview with Wolf Blitzer on The Situation Room, Calderon revealed a bit of hypocrisy on the matter.
Blitzer: "So if people want to come from Guatemala or Honduras or El Salvador or Nicaragua, [if] they want to just come into Mexico, they can just walk in?"
Calderon: "No, they need to fulfill a form, they need to establish their right name; we analyze if they have not criminal precedence...coming into Mexico."
Blitzer: "Do Mexican police go around asking for papers of people they suspect are illegal immigrants?"
Calderon: "Of course, of course, in the border, we are asking the people, 'Who are you?'"
Blitzer: "So in other words, if somebody sneaks in from Nicaragua or some other country in Central America through the southern border of Mexico [and] they wind up in Mexico, they can go get a job? They can work?"
Calderon: "No -- if somebody does that without permission, we send back them."
Related YouTube videoAdditionally, President Calderon's country's immigration laws calls for measures to not impede "the cultural balance" within their own border. (Note: CNN later pulled the Blitzer/Calderon video. However it can be viewed on YouTube, thanks to radio talk-show host Mark Levin).
Calderon also denounced Arizona's new law from the podium of our House of Representatives chamber several weeks ago. More than 240 Democratic members of Congress (as well as Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano) stood and gave the Mexican president a standing ovation. "Lawmakers on the Republican side of the aisle remained seated," notes Huffington Post.
What is so mind boggling about this is that soon after criticizing the Arizona law, both Holder and Napolitano -- when directly questioned -- said they had not read the 10-page state law. Yet both were eager to publicly condemn AB 1070 as discriminatory. Operation PUSH leader Jesse Jackson refused to respond to a question posed by Fox News' Megyn Kelly regarding the details of the law, citing "it would create chaos."
The simple fact is that leftists such as Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, House Speaker Pelosi (D-CA), and Senate leader Harry Reid (D-NV) are ignoring the sentiments of the majority of the American public who support the Arizona bill.
Citizens in my hometown of San Diego have decided to strike back at these politicians who won't listen. Poll numbers say that the majority of us are tired of politicians who side with lawbreakers. A group called Support Arizona/Boycott San Diego Coalition (SABSDC) has decided to take action. They are urging people from Arizona and around the country to boycott the San Diego tourist economy this summer, due to the San Diego City Council's recent condemnation of Arizona's law. SDCC members have even sided with political groups that are boycotting Arizona because of AB 1070. SABSDC, accordingly, has decided to respond.
For decades, tourists from Arizona have traveled to San Diego during summer to escape the desert heat. SABSDC is now asking Arizonans and Americans across the country to boycott the City of San Diego during the prime upcoming summer months. This action will help express their outrage towards the San Diego City Council's call for condemnation of AB 1070.
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