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Originally Posted by Conan
It's our responsibility because it's our problem. Illegal immigration is an issue in this country and "building a bigger fence" like The Bush Administration tried obviously won't solve anything - neither will signing a bill into law that has serious ethical and moral implications for civil rights in the state of Arizona. Why not? Why not work with another nation about an issue that effects both the US and that nation?
I don't see any harm in that.
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Maybe you should specify what you mean by "work with". I recall that Mexico has asked the US to relax our drug laws which I'm fine with, but that's only a tiny part of the problem, and I really can't picture the corrupt Mexican government being willing to take major steps to improve the lives of the population it is arguably exploiting as it is. You can't just assume that the most idealistic solution is the one that's going to work, and not consider more practical alternatives.
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Originally Posted by Conan
That doesn't change the fact that this will lead to distrust of the police and interfere with police activities and investigations. That undermines the security of an area - whether the illegals have the moral right to be here or they don't I'm not addressing. I'm simply stating what many Police Chiefs across the country (including Arizona) have already said.
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Oh for christ's sake, police are there to enforce the law, not be everyone's buddies. What do you expect them to do, turn a blind eye when the amount of lawbreaking becomes inconveniently high?