Embracing my god-given Second Amendment rights, I plan to buy an armful of automatic weapons and stuff the closets in my house with every manner of shotgun, pistol, and blunderbuss if I have to.
You see, crime nationwide has skyrocketed due to the influx of illegal immigrants, and...
What's that you say? Just about every statistic has shown that violent crime is actually down in America? Well, that's not what I've heard on cable news networks, but ok.
Still, it must be true that crime is way up in places where illegal immigrants congregate. Just look at our friends in Arizona, where stories of murder, rape, carjacking, kidnapping, assault, and arson are plentiful - all at the hands of the undocumented.
Senator John McCain says crossover crime from Mexico has led to "violence--the worst I have ever seen" (and that guy was in the Vietnam War!). Meanwhile, Governor Jan Brewer insists that her state has "been inundated with criminal activity."
But in truth, as I've written before, violent crime is down in Arizona. For that matter, violence is also down in such immigrant-heavy cities as Phoenix, El Paso, and New York City.
In fact, a new study implies that cities with lots of immigrants may actually be (wait for it)... safer than other places in America. How can this be?
Well, we'd have to listen to a Harvard professor who is, no doubt, a typical elitist with fancy book learnin' on his resume. But let's indulge him.
Professor Robert J. Sampson, in an interview with writer Christopher Dickey, says that "immigrants move into neighborhoods abandoned by locals and help prevent them from turning into urban wastelands. They often have tighter family structures and mutual support networks, all of which actually serve to stabilize urban environments." Sampson adds that "if you want to be safe, move to an immigrant city."
Could this be why several police chiefs from around the country recently met with Attorney General Eric Holder? The chiefs stated that Arizona's new law, if enacted elsewhere, could backfire.
"We will be unable to do our jobs," said Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck. "Laws like this will actually increase crime, not decrease crime."
The primary reason, of course, is because the new law erodes any trust between immigrant communities and the police. Also, cops would be spending less time chasing down the truly bad guys and more time booking Latinos who tried to pick up a gig outside Home Depot.
These real-world problems with the law are in addition to such minor qualms as a potential increase in racial profiling and the fact the law may violate the U.S. Constitution. But let's not quibble.
The funny thing is that there are plenty of legitimate concerns about illegal immigration that conservatives can bring up. But they have insisted on exaggerating fears of violence. Now that they've committed to this path, they don't want to hear that passing laws such as SB 1070 could actually increase crime.
But then we find out about Abel Moreno, of Charlotte, North Carolina. He called 911 when he saw a man assaulting a woman in public. The guy was arrested and faces multiple charges.
But Moreno, who is an undocumented worker, is now in line to be deported. His attorney hopes he can get Moreno a temporary visa. In the meantime, Moreno has lost his job.
I'm sure the next immigrant who witnesses a crime will be only too happy to be thrust into a similar situation by calling the cops. He'll feel a great surge of civic pride, even after the police slap the cuffs on him.
But that's not my concern. I'll just buy more guns.
Maguire's post should be read in its entirety, but essentially, the FBI crime stats are broken down by region and while crime has fallen 20 percent in cities from 2000 to 2008, in towns outside major metropolitan areas and rural counties crime is up 39 and 45 percent, respectively. In other words, it sure looks like crime is way up in the border regions of Arizona."
http://www.examiner.com/x-35821-Immigration-Reform-Examiner
I live in Phoenix and when the Gov signed the bill into law and gave her reasons for it, I was like "what?". She signed the bill to cement her nominition, that's the reason why she did it. I wish someone would interview the people who came on t.v. supporting this law; a J.T. Right (friend of Mormon Pearce) and the eloquently spoken Minuteman who came all the way from
T-e-x-a-s. Very professional looking man.
Everyone should know exactly who is backing this bill.
Thank you.
http://www.house.gov/sites/members/tx10_mccaul/pdf/Investigaions-Border-Report.pdf”
So they are beng setup as mules to drive the dope around the country for gangs out west is seems.
you don't supposed those darned illegals are buying it, what with their high wages from lawn maintenance, fry cook, and dishwashing jobs, and lots of disposable income, do you?
2. There is no need for Mexicans to run drugs into or around America. We are more than capable of producing our own and usually of a much higher quality, thank you very much.
For anyone who wants to talk about how citizens commit crime too - yes you are right they do.
But if your loved one was a victim of a crime by an illegal would you still be so cavalier? We can't deport citizens to remove the incentive to commit crimes. We can deport illegals and we should. There is really no good reason to allow them to stay and millions of reason for them to go.
If we are really so hard up for people who work hard all we need to do is open up immigration to a few billion of poor, hard working folks who haven't broken our laws from countries (ones that have few people here) that would help add to the diversity of this country. Or is that not really the reason you support illegals??
Simply, they are all criminals and exploiters of a legitimate, functional, yet often weak, society.
They have all violated federal law (Title 8 of the US Code); that's 20-40 million crimes committed.
As for the law's constitutionality, that argument will be decided on whether Arizona has stepped on often immobile federal feet.
Homeland Security Goof Napolitano believes in the laws constitutionality, perhaps.
Napolitano was against illegal immigration before she was for it.
Her 2007 law as Arizona's governor revoked the licenses of any business that employed illegals. Now as a federal liberal, she questions Arizona's just law.
Prof. Sampson's trite comments do little to buttress your little post.
Sociologists have long since agreed that Hispanic/Latino family ties are strong...about as strong as their misplaced egos.
Similarly, their "support networks" are something that cannot be denied, it is true across societies; "birds of a feather..." type thing.
In the present context however, that "support network" allows them to assist others in doing crime (coming here) and remaining undetected.
Bottom line is that they and their supporters ignore the right of a nation to make and enforce laws that have, as a whole, created the society they wish to exploit.
I am so looking forward to Nov....
We need more law enforcement on the border, and immigration laws need to get enforced, upheld, and honored and so forth. Figures don't lie, but liars figure, and I wouldn't give you .02 for any of those statistics. Let's hear directly from border residents, and how they feel about the entire situation. Ultimately, the public burden of run-amok immigration policy falls on them.
Thank you.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37493275/ns/world_news-americas/
I had to laugh at the woman in GA who was arrested for driving without a license. She not only lied about where she lived, but she lied about having a license. So she is guilty of a FELONY on those counts alone. Thus, she loses her right to be here ever. She also lied about her citizenship status which is also a felony. So just how many felonies does she get to commit before she has to obey ANY law?
You give yourself away with your laughing at some woman pulled over in Georgia. What exactly is funny about that? You can try and dress it up and distract from the obvious, the law in Arizona is about hatred. Laughing at the troubles of others - hateful.
did you know that approximately 50% of all undocumented aliens are *visa overstays," who entered legally, not by nefarious middle-of-the-night border crossing? or do they somehow not count in your "virtually" category?
btw, where are those REAL STATS you're touting?
Your mother scenario is a lame red herring ... unless she is here illegally. If she is, then shame on her.
Out of an estimated population of 15 to 20 million unregistered foriegners in this nation, an estimated 12 million are from Mexico alone. The US NEVER issued enough visas to Mexican citizens to account for that many as "overstays."
You can make numbers do anything.
Phoenix is now the kidnapping Capital, but somewhere crime is lower?
Give it up. Illegals are criminals, they often bring crime and drugs. and Americans are sick of it (and sick of those who defend these criminals).
See you in November!
I want the criminal employers to face stiff fines and then jail time plus fines if they are caught. The problem is that building a case against employers is costly and time consuming. If we simply removed the other rewards for illegals and mandated e-verify we would see some great progress.
A question for you:
Did you know that most of the same people who are fighting the AZ law also fight even harder every time someone tries to get mandatory e-verify for all employers?
Even with the understanding that you can make numbers do anything, just where are your stats for Phoenix's kidnapping capital honors?
They are illegal!
I know this fact is lost on some, especially the federal government, whose policy it has been to leave the borders open to create the North American free trade zone, but this no longer makes sense and the people of America want it properly dealt with in a common sense and sane way.
Let the federal government have visitors/workers register properly at a border crossing so we know who is coming here.
Your article is a strategic attempt to change the subject.
That will end violent crime!
However, with the extra 1.7 billion people from all over the world who want to come here looking for jobs or aid to get by until they could find one, it might end the UnitedStates of America. You may want to "teach the world to sing in perfect harmony", but a lot of the new pople who would come here would just want to teach the US a new way to hurt.