When lawmakers from other states visit Arizona, they see it's not about race, it's about the law
Written by on August 27, 2010, 07:37 PM
With all of the criticism against Arizona’s SB1070, it’s easy to miss the fact that this bill has already begun to make ripples and inspired other states to step up and take illegal immigration seriously. A number of Colorado legislators headed to Arizona to meet with a number of Arizona representatives including B.A.N co-chair, Russell Pearce. They left persuaded of the severity of Arizona’s illegal alien problems and convinced that—despite the Obama Administration’s willingness to support amnesty—bill’s like SB1070 are pivotal in keeping America safe and great.CO Representative Ray Scott makes a critically important point about SB1070 explaining, “I found out a lot of people want to make this about race. This is about the rule of law. It’s incumbent upon us to protect our citizens.” Elected officials who oppose SB1070 fail to uphold the basic purpose of their office: to protect the citizens the represent. The CO representatives unanimously praised SB1070’s mission to keep Arizonans safe from dangerous ‘coyotes’ and from deadly drug trafficking along the border. Has our nation become so politically correct that we are willing to risk the lives and livelihoods of our own citizens because we do not want to seem “racially insensitive?”
As Representative Scott puts it, there is a high “human cost” to not enacting tougher immigration legislation and opting instead to uphold the status quo of lax border security. He describes the shocking “murders and the rapes and the policemen who have been killed…” Bradford, a fellow CO representative points out that for some Arizonans, “Their property is almost worthless, their cows are being slaughtered, their dogs are being killed, their homes are being broken into, they’ve sent their wives and children away.” SB1070 is not about discrimination, it is not about race, it is about taking courageous measures to uphold the safety and to ensure the prosperity of lawful citizens of the State of Arizona. Thanks for the positive feedback, Colorado; let’s hope other states take note as well.
Support Russell Pearce and B.A.N.: send the message to the the rest of the nation that Arizona has the guts to stand strong against illegal immigration.
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