The United States is a deeply divided country at present, but there's one thing on which all Americans can agree -- the brown folk have had it way too easy for way too long in the great state of Arizona. Well no more. Party's over, Sanchez.
On Friday, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer
signed a tough new bill aimed at getting really tough on the illegal browns. Kenyan hippie jackoffs
oppose the new law, but true patriots like
John McCain, Bill Kristol and grandstanding redneck jagoff
Sheriff Joe Arpaio give it boners-up all the way around.
Senate Bill No. 1070 (pdf, 17 pages) is a true piece o' work. To begin at the end, it's called the "Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act." No explicit references to Jesus or how much Jesus hates Mexicans, but a damn fine title nonetheless.
Substantively, we start with:
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A. NO OFFICIAL OR AGENCY OF THIS STATE OR A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE MAY ADOPT A POLICY THAT LIMITS OR RESTRICTS THE ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS TO LESS THAN THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY FEDERAL LAW.
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Does this actually happen in Arizona, or is this a solution in search of a problem?
Strangely enough, the bill appears largely aimed at cops, in particular the one or two remaining cops in Arizona who don't harass brown folk as a matter of course:
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B. FOR ANY LAWFUL CONTACT MADE BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL OR AGENCY OF THIS STATE OR A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE WHERE REASONABLE SUSPICION EXISTS THAT THE PERSON IS AN ALIEN WHO IS UNLAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES, A REASONABLE ATTEMPT SHALL BE MADE, WHEN PRACTICABLE, TO DETERMINE THE IMMIGRATION STATUS OF THE PERSON.
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They don't come right out and say "harass every beaner you see," but the message is clear enough anyway.
But there's so much more. My personal favorite is the new trespass statute that renders it a criminal offense to be (1) in Arizona and (2) an illegal Mexican. Violating the statute is generally a class 1 misdemeanor, but it can go all the way up to a class 4 felony if the defendant is a repeat offender or was kicked out of the country within the preceding sixty months.
Commutation or suspension of sentence is unavailable until after the full sentence is served. So, yeah. We hate having the illegal Mexicans here so very, very much that we'll ... we'll ... um, keep them here for years and years if we catch them. Of course, that's likely just a way to keep the engines of the
slave labor prison system running at full capacity, but that's a whole 'nother rant.