Re: Illegal Immigration Pt. III: It's Illegal to be Illegal? Really?
Very true. The police here are anticipating this, and part of the training regarding 1070 is to teach officers to not react when provacateurs inevitably come calling. Not that it'll stop the posturing that we'll be seeing from such folks, regardless of what the police do or don't do. The police are really in a no win situation on this.
One thing you can absolutely count on when/if 1070 takes effect: a veritable niagara of enforcement stories--how unfair the law is, how these are decent hard working people, how the cops (especially Joe Arpiao) are "profiling" them, blah blah blah. The truth will be somewhat less dramatic. But that won't stop the open borders crowd. Every interaction between an illegal and law enforcement will be framed as "proof" of how racist 1070 is--complete with weeping widows and orphans and sincere "human rights advocats" posturing for the evening news.
Very true. The police here are anticipating this, and part of the training regarding 1070 is to teach officers to not react when provacateurs inevitably come calling. Not that it'll stop the posturing that we'll be seeing from such folks, regardless of what the police do or don't do. The police are really in a no win situation on this.