PROTESTS OVER THE ARIZONA IMMIGRATION LAW

The situation is not as it may seem to those outside Arizona.  It is true that the situation there has reached a critical problem which is not being defined  well enough and is being by a pumped up mob.  The citizens of Arizona have been asking for help and relief from Washington and have received insufficient response...more lip service than anything else..  See this video.

Once again, protesters have succeeded in obfuscating the real problems that Arizonans face by having the law focused on as 'the' problem.  One little girl interviewed said that this land was founded on immigrants and could not see the issue.  Indeed, the land owned by the American Indians was swamped by white settlers who stole the land and freedom of that people.  Is that an example to throw out as desirable?

When the English first came followed by so many other nationalities seeking refuge here, we didn't need infrastructure supported by taxes.  Schools, medical services, utilities as they are today. When immigrants came here, there were no social services being paid for by those who were already here.  While I am unsympathetic to the politics of Arizona, I am sympathetic to the people who lands and crops have been ruined by illegals tromping through and, as I understand, two Arizona residents have been killed.  Some things can no longer be tolerated or ignored.  With no doubt the time has come for the government to act, yet how can it be done when the Republicans have vowed to veto any attempts by the Democrats to pass bills?

In an article by Margaret Regan, 1864 presented a horrendous picture of the state of Tucson,  Click here to see the shock of repetition of brutality.  How quickly we forget that people do not easily give up what was their's.  Our South demonstrates that as they cling to their Civil War as though they are still fighting it.  The Spanish once held the Southwest and California.  We Americans have taken so much from so many and forget it was not always ours and not gifted to us graciously.

However, what we did do properly was set up a system of laws in order to try to be fair.  We set up a system of immigration and asylum and one of today's problems is that some sneak in illegally and want to claim an eminent domain.  Parents have children to assure their citizenship and then we have people saying that the children are Americans and should be allowed to stay here with their families, forgetting that their parents chose to make illegal moves and are responsible for their own children..  These would be pithy issues even for Socrates to rule on.

The people in these protests are pulled along with the angry or sympathetic tide, understanding little of the overall issues, and, unfortunately, the government is not spelling them out publicly.  Obama promised transparency of government.  I would strongly urge him to outline the complicated picture being presented with many more facets than the largest gemstones.

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