It's Politics My dear Dawson.....

Upon hearing about the new immigration law passed by the state of Arizona, I felt a need to discuss the whole situation with you all.  The immigration and citizenship laws of the United States define who we are as Americans.  History always seems to repeat itself.  We spent decades fighting for our nation and its freedom, centuries ago and yet today it seems as though we are taking a step back.  We as Americans fought for the equality of man kind, and that no single region or state can decide who belongs as an American. 

In a nut shell, the law authorizes police offers to stop and ask people for their immigration papers and legal status based only on "reasonable suspicion" that they are in the county illegally.  If illegal they will be arrested.

Its obvious that Arizona clearly has an issue with either race or immigration.  Latino account for 30% of Arizona, that's a huge portion of the state.  Research has shown that the state nearly spends "$2 Billion a year educating children from illegal families.  Arizona also has one of the lowest rates of labor force participation among youths, who compete with illegal immigrants for jobs."

I understand that Arizona might have issues with immigration, but how can they justify checking anyone that looks "illegal"???? I am so upset about this issue, and I truly feel as though Arizona has set us back as a nation. Although they have passed the law for their state, it impacts the whole nation.  It's a national uproar and I hope that Arizona will figure out a new way of dealing with this issue. 

What do you guys think??? Do you think this will be adopted by other states?