Republican Voter Suppression!

[LaterBloomer]

"Illegal immigration is a crime and should be punished" It's a federal crime. If the local law enforcement agencies have the staff to investigate this sort of crime, the citizens of those jurisdictions are very fortunate. I'm assuming they have the time to enforce federal crimes because the crime rates for violations of AZ statutes are low.

"For the U.S., it causes economic damage..." You know, I just don't understand how these people can be hired. I mean, doesn't the federal government aggressively go after all of the companies that hire these people and fine the heck out of them? Oh, yeah. The federal government doesn't. Could it be that big business doesn't WANT enforcement of these laws? After all, who would be cleaning the toilets of big business, cutting up chickens in the poultry factories, or harvesting the food? The dirty little non-secret, secret is that we ALL benefit by the abuse that these immigrants face. (I don't know about you, but I'm working toward a college degree so that I don't have to do that sort of work.)

"...they may never actually care about what freedom, justice and peace are really about or worth, because
it didn't cost them anything..." Just thousands of dollars to coyotes, and a chance to lose their lives in the deserts. Many of them put their lives on the line to come here for freedom, justice and peace.

"It doesn't allow them to stand-up and fight against tyranny for their homes & families in their home country, instead of running away." Really? REALLY? Unless your ancestors were native Americans, chances are VERY good that they "ran away" from tyranny in their countries of origin.

"You're asking the Republican party to show favoritism by feeling like they have to cowtow to whims." How quickly they forget. Does "47%" ring a bell with you? If Gov. Romney wasn't cowtowing to rich donors, why didn't he take THAT speech on the road? We are a heterogenus (spelling?) society. What is your position regarding US/Cuba relationships? Can you explain to me why it is the only country (I think!) that MY country won't let me visit unless I jump through unnecessary hoops? Can you explain to me why Cubans, once they set foot on American soil, are safe from deportation? (Sounds like cowtowing to someone, doesn't it?) And do you REALLY think that both parties don't cowtow to get the Jewish-American vote? (No, I'm not anti-semitic. Just making a point. What other small country has that much clout?)

There is no one view of what the government should be or do. If you run for office you cowtow to different groups - it's called building a base.

"The point is that the Republicans don't need to have legislation or policies that encourage minority participation,
because why should the minorities want anything different from any other American?" Again, we're not - nor were we ever - a heterogenus (where the heck is SpellCheck when I need it?) society. We all want different things. Parties should want to be inclusive because different view points help solve problems. We all focus on different things, and see things differently. If all parties (including the Democratic party) would listen to the views of everyone, we might come closer to finding the best answers to our problems.

BTW, I think that all of the parties are running away from delveloping a cohesive plan to address illegal immigration.