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NY Times Calls for Change in ‘Warped Crackdown on Illegal Immigration’
Posted Feb 6, 2009 2:36 PM CST
By Martha Neil
A perp walk on Wednesday featured more than 200 individuals in shackles and prison stripes headed to a new tent city for illegal immigrants in Phoenix.
The tent city, which is surrounded by an electrified fence, is just for illegal immigrants, notes a recent article in the Phoenix Business Journal. It is the brainchild of Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, who has been making headlines for years for his hard-line approach to incarceration.
But the "degrading spectacle" of the immigrant perp walk is emblematic of a bigger problem, the New York Times says in an editorial.
A "warped crackdown on illegal immigration" by the U.S. needs to be cleaned up, both at the state and federal levels, the Times writes. Although such enforcement is lauded by some as an enhancement to homeland security, "a recent Migration Policy Institute study showed that a much-touted campaign of raids against criminal fugitives was a failure. It netted mostly the maids and laborers who are no reasonable person’s idea of a national threat."
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Comments
B. McLeod
Feb 6, 2009 3:40 PM CST
The Times can keep its opinion, and I will keep mine. It remains my opinion that persons in the country illegally should expect to be deported and should in fact be deported.
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J.D.
Feb 6, 2009 4:46 PM CST
The NYTimes, the Migration Policy Institute, and the ABA have all become anarchy groups on the issue of immigration. The American public overwhelmingly supports enforcement of the rule of law, and are pleased to see illegal aliens returned home—regardless of whether they are criminal fugitives or “laborers.”
We have immigration laws for a million reasons. We don’t want criminals and gang members entering the country. We don’t want people spreading TB. We don’t want wages to be undercut. We don’t want working conditions to deteriorate as big business exploits illegal aliens. We don’t want to INCREASE the population so that natural resources are more quickly depleted. We want our sovereignty to be respected. We don’t want to be a dumping ground for Mexico’s poverty.
The list goes on, and on, but the elites living in NYC condos aren’t competing for jobs with illegal aliens, so they continue to advocate open borders. Especially in a time like this when jobs are scarce, we should not be importing more people.
The crackdown is not “warped.” The lack of enforcement over the past 25 years is what is warped.
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Cynical Observer
Feb 9, 2009 12:42 PM CST
Of course, the recent $250 million investment by a Mexican businessman has nothing to do with this. Best journalism money can buy!
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