About Me
- Summer Government Blog-CEM
- Austin, Texas, United States
- I'm Caitlin, I'm 20, I attend UT as a neurobiology major and I'm a libertarian even though, according to the political ideology quiz I'm an enterpriser. I do support gay marriage and I'm not a supporter of the war in the Middle East. Other than that, enterpriser seemed to agree with me. Some of my political influences are Ayn Rand, Ron Paul, Gary Johnson, Debra Medina and Bob Barr. I voted in the 2008 presidential election for Bob Barr and plan on voted for Debra Medina in the 2010 Texas Gubernatorial primaries. I'm taking this class because it's required for all Texas graduates. I hope to hear other's opinions that are logical and well thought out. I love discussing politics, with any ideology, as long as it doesn't turn into a shouting match or accusation central. I got 86% on the civics quiz and got 6/12 on the current events quiz.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Immigration Hypocracy
I've had to listen to countless bleeding hearts say how "wrong and amoral" Arizona's immigration laws are. How we pride ourselves in being to country of opportunity and then deny it to immigrants. They believe that Arizona is being too harsh on the illegal immigrants in the state and that the law must be abolished; that it is an embarrassment to America. This article points out that Mexico itself has immigration laws that are much more strict an much more harsh for violators. "Anyone, especially close to the border, can be stopped without reason and must show proof of citizenship." If they cannot to so, they are at the mercy of the Mexican army. The author's audience is the population of Americans opposing the Arizona immigration laws. His purpose is to inform them that Arizona is not only completely within its rights to create and enforce these laws, but they are also completely justified. One radio host said that Arizona should have mirrored the Mexican immigration laws in their act. The Americans opposing the news laws would NEVER head on over to Mexico and oppose the racist government for fear of getting killed on the spot. As the article points out, they just want to support the "cause" without actually informing themselves of the law in place, which in fact, does not state that the police can pull you over with no just cause. Arizona's laws are completely within bounds and are not amoral, unjust or racist.
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