First off, I want it straight that I don't care if someone is orange, black, blue, purple, or striped. If someone is bad, they are bad. If they are good, they are good. That's all.
Secondly, I included Europeans and Canadians in the spirit of being PC. I should have known better than try because, well, anyone that knows me knows that I'm not PC in the least and I think the whole idea of worrying whether or not you are going to offend someone is a load of crap anyway. No matter what your thoughts are on anything, someone will be offended, guaranteed. Europeans and Canadians generally aren't a significant problem with regard to illegal immigration for this country. As per Wikipedia the breakdown is "
in 2005, 57% of illegal immigrants were from Mexico; 24% were from other Latin American countries, primarily from Central America; 9% were from Asia; 6% were from Europe; and 4% were from the rest of the world." Of course we all know these numbers aren't 100% accurate because if they are illegals, there is no way of getting an accurate count.
Now, as far as the fourth amendment, I certainly don't like the idea of "showing papers" upon demand. However, I do not consider it as unreasonable, and the key word is unreasonable, to present documentation as to the legal standing of my occupancy of this country,(I wasn't trying to sound lawyerly but I guess that's how it came out) An example of said documentation would be a social security card. Cops run the number, if you're in the system you belong here. If not then you don't. Same goes with a Visa or RA card. Hispanics would be targeted 80% of the time but, they are 80% of the illegal immigration problem. If someone is shot in a robbery and the witnesses say the shooter was a white male the police are not going to start searching for a black female. I do understand the AZ. law is only checked during traffic stops.
It's also not that they are here. It's what the criminal element portion of them are doing while they are here." Between 1,806 and 2,510 people in the U.S. are murdered annually by illegal aliens.
As detailed by Edwin Rubenstein in Criminal Alien Nation, criminal illegal aliens are a growing threat. In summary, he reports:
In 1980, our Federal and state facilities held fewer than 9,000 criminal aliens but at the end of 2003, approximately 267,000 illegal aliens were incarcerated in U.S. correctional facilities, as follows
* 46,000 in Federal prisons
* 74,000 in state prisons
* 147,000 in local jails
The article also notes that approximately 27% of all prisoners in Federal custody are criminal illegal aliens and the majority (63%) of those are Mexican citizens. With 267,000 illegal aliens incarcerated, as of 2003, just the incarceration costs at $25,000 per inmate per year is $6.7 BILLION per year. In fiscal 2004, the Federal govt. spent $1.4 billion to incarcerate criminal aliens. This total included $280 million of reimbursements made to state and local governments under the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program [SCAAP] - a Department of Justice program managed by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) - but SCAAP funds cover less than 25% of the full cost of incarcerating criminal aliens, leaving the balance of 75% to be picked up by the local jurisdiction. It is worth noting that all the incarceration costs, some $5.6 billion in 2004, are ultimately paid for by the taxpayers. As extensive as these direct costs are, there are also indirect costs imposed on the victims, including loss of income and property, uncompensated hospital bills, and treatment for resulting emotional and psychological trauma."
Some of the above statistic were brought to you by:
http://www.usillegalaliens.com/impacts_ ... crime.html
The point still is if they weren't here, none of the crimes they commit would be happening.
Just look at the AZ. rancher who let the illegals cross his ranch unmolested. One gut shot him and left him to die and as far as I know, was never arrested.
I also know that alot of the illegals are honest, hard working people. But, they need to immigrate here legally.
Now, if one of y'all can think of a better solution, I'm all ears.
OK. I've said my piece. Have at it boys and girls.
