Arizona Immigration Law and Immigrant "rights"

I'll be the first to admit that I think the term undocumented immigrant is silly. We have immigration laws in the U.S. and if someone is in violation of them, then they are breaking the law and are illegal. While I have laughed at the term unfinanced bank customer, it still holds true that the person is a bank robber and if caught, is subjected to jail.


How could one law in a single state, be so decisive to the nation? Or is it? If one is to believe the polls, 55 - 60 percent of Americans support the new Arizona laws and another poll by Rasmussen says that the Immigration Rights supporters only have the support of 25% of Americans, while 50% views the protesters unfavorably, with 25% undecided.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/25_have_favorable_opinion_of_immigration_rights_protesters_50_unfavorable
While not all illegal immigrants are Latino, the majority are so I'm going to make an assumption here, and that is a large majority of Latinos would support Immigration rights. Since Latinos make up nearly 20% of the American population, it doesn't appear that they have a lot of wide spread support in other racial groups in the U.S.

Personally, if you enter the U.S. illegally, you should be deported. Period. It shouldn't matter if you were brought here when you were a day old and are now Americanized, that is the risk your parents choose for you when they brought you here.

Take the case of Jessica Coloti, brought to the U.S when she was 11 years old and was stopped by Kennesaw State's campus police. She had no driver's license and reportedly gave the police officer false information, a felony in Georgia. So, Jessica has broken three U.S. laws and the Civil Liberties Union of Georgia has called the actions of the Police, "yet another outrageous example of the unaccountable local law enforcement of immigration laws...". Ummm what about Jessica's accountability?

On all levels this statement is plain wrong. She was stopped by the campus police and then produced an expired passport from Mexico. She the gave the officer a false home address. Her lawyer has said, "the car's registration simply reflected her old address and she provided her new address." Funny thing, I checked and Georgia law says you must provide a drivers license to register a motor vehicle in Georgia. Jessica has no license, so her lawyer is lying (surprise). See the requirements below.

http://motor.etax.dor.ga.gov/motor/AddressChangeonly.asp

In any case, she committed a felony, was in fact an illegal immigrant and was turned over to ICE for processing. Exactly how were the actions of the local police wrong?

Does an illegal immigrant have the same "rights" that a legal citizen enjoys?

In a nutshell no. As with the Arizona law, if you are here illegally, you don't belong here and need to go home. As the ACLU correctly pointed out, they are "law enforcement officials", and as such are sworn to enforce the laws, enforcement of the immigration laws, as well as the laws of the State in which they reside is part of their JOB.

Jessica said, "I'm just trying to live the American dream and get my education".

I'm sorry Jessica, you are from Mexico and should be living the Mexican dream.