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Majority of Americans Support SB 1070 as it Heads to the Supreme Court Today

Truncheon Wrote: Apr 25, 2012 11:40 AM

Troll writes: "The Department of Homeland Security says so" From the cited article: "according to unofficial statistics from the [Border Patrol] that The Washington Post reported this month ... apprehensions have dipped by more than 25 percent, to 327,500." This *unofficial* statistic simply says that the Border Patrol has busted fewer people.

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Truncheon Wrote: Apr 25, 2012 11:42 AM

I guess we could likewise reduce crime, by simply firing half the police force, thus reducing the number of apprehensions....

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Majority of Americans Support SB 1070 as it Heads to the Supreme Court Today

Arizona's SB 1070 anti-illegal immigration bill heads to the Supreme Court today for arguments. The legislation has been dubbed one of the nation's "most controversial" and most "anti-immigrant" laws in the country, but the truth is, the legislation really isn't controversial at all. SB 1070 simply allows local law enforcement, the same officers who deal with the criminal consequences of illegal immigration everyday, to ask people regardless of skin color, for proof of citizenship after a crime has been committed (for more information about what's really happening on the border and what our local law enforcement officers are up against,...