Alabama Governor Bentley signed a new immigration law that will take effect September 1st...this is what it does/says:
-police are required to check the status of anyone they suspect may be in the country illegally when stopped for another reason.
-"The legislation also makes it a criminal offense to provide transport or housing to an illegal immigrant. The state will have to check the citizenship of students, and any business that knowingly employs an illegal immigrant will be penalized" (CNN)
In my opinion...this bill solves NOTHING. The only thing that will result from this bill is racial profiling and the amount of homeless and jobless immigrants with no way to get around will increase. This does not help solve the problems that the United States has with illegal immigration. In my opinion, this law is disgusting.
We are a country that was founded by immigrants and those that lived here before us were treated just as poorly as we are currently treating those that are trying to come to our country for a better life (hmm...sound familiar?) Yes, of course I think it's unfair that there are people who are living in our country illegally taking advantage of public goods such as education but treating these people with the disrespect that the Alabama law entails does not help encourage them to be honest and become citizens.
Governor Bentley and the supporters of the Arizona immigration law are going about this all wrong. We need reform and legislation that helps the immigrants to become citizens. If we fight with them and try denying them rights that will only cause them to rebel against us. Its really a vicious cycle.
We should welcome these people to our country. Those that want to work and want the benefits of living in the United States deserve to have the same opportunity that our ancestors did when they first came here.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/06/09/alabama.immigration/index.html
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