Arizona governor signs immigration bill

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Originally Posted by Kevin

That's a judgment call. The people of Arizona clearly think it's worth it. Whether the state can even do this is up in the air. I'll tell you one thing though -- if this bill gets upheld, a lot of young lawyers are going to be sitting for the Arizona Bar and opening up civil rights practices.

Yep - AZ is already a hotbed of first-of-its-kind Constitutional rights trials and awkward social suits . . . the Minutemen have had zero impact on immigration, but have made millions for people who facilitate the "pro bono" suits against them.

It's almost fitting that this law will wind up in front of the 9th Circuit.

The federal government is the only entity which can facilitate immigration. And they need to fix that.

And perhaps I'm not giving AZ enough credit - perhaps this will force the Federal government's hand and cause decisive action to fix a broken system (perhaps by instituting a new "classification" below naturalized, without voting rights etc but with ability to work etc.?).

That could certainly be - but it really just appears to be a bunch of retards like Max who think that a.) this bill will somehow kick millions out of the country and b.) those removed will somehow stay in their home nations. Right - let's add unicorns to the bill, too.

Agreed... and for all practical purposes, the War on Drugs was lost a long time ago.

Yep - and to me, this is identical: a "show of force" mentality for something that doesn't care at all about blunt force. This will require a sea change, and dipshit government officials seem wholly unprepared for it. The answers are actually pretty simple, but who has the balls to go to their constituents and explain "ok - solved the problem by making it easier to get into the country (and easier to send money back)."