In the debate about Arizona’s illegal immigration law, there are three general view points:
1) The “all for Arizona” crowd who want this country to be far more aggressive in solving the problem.
2) The “we have a problem but Arizona’s solution is wrong” camp. They hate the notion of giving police such great power to use “reasonable cause” to require someone for proof of citizenship or their right to be here.
3) The “Sanctuary” advocates feel it is inhumane to keep people out of this country - no matter what the law is, what their fellow citizens want or what the economic consequences are. They feel a special duty to “help the downtrodden” - the poorer the immigrant the harder they fight for their right to sneak in here. The San Francisco city council is a prime example for this movement. They want to provide a home and shelter for illegal immigrants in the name of humanity. They pass laws that flatly obstruct the state and federal governments from managing immigration. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors first declared San Francisco a "sanctuary city" in 1989. The designation, which many U.S. cities across the country took on during the 1980s. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said “I will not allow any of my department heads or anyone associated with this city to cooperate in any way shape or form with these (immigration) raids. We are a sanctuary city, make no mistake about it."
I happen to be in the first category but I understand the arguments of the “solution is wrong” gang.
What I don’t understand is the Sanctuary advocates and how they get a pass from the general media and the federal government while breaking the law. This third group will use any argument that works to stop effective immigration control at the border. They assist illegal immigrants in breaking our immigration laws. In most areas of the law, the act of assisting someone break the law is itself a crime - but in this case they are never prosecuted because the base crime (of crossing our border illegally) is only a misdemeanor not a felony. This group fights against additional funding for border control, any requirement for restricting the rights of illegals, and are an impediment to reducing the expenditures that government spends to feed, house, school and provide medical treatment to illegal immigrants. And then these Sanctuary advocates are the loudest critics of all about Arizona taking the problem into its own hands.
The Sanctuary clan not only tolerates illegal immigration it encourages it.
The vast majority of Americans are in the first two categories. As a member of the first group, I ask the second group to find an effective and not too expensive way to get the job done. As for the 3rd group it is time to make illegal immigration a felony and start prosecuting those that assist these criminals.
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