Why do national polls keep showing majority support for racist immigration laws

[thundley4]

Just for curiousity's sake, how many "papers" does everyone carry at all times?  Not even counting the registration and proof of insurance in your car...what do you carry in your pocket or purse?

I carry my license, my debit card, hubby's debit card, 2 credit cards, my SS card, 2 health insurance cards, 2 library cards, my Red Cross blood donor card, and a couple cards with info like addresses, bank account numbers, and family SS numbers...

But we can't really expect immigrants to have an ID card on them...right?  

I sometimes go to work with no billfold, just a few dollars in my pocket. That's mostly when I walk the two blocks to work.  I was stopped halfway there one morning around 4a.m.  The cop gave me a ride to a work so he could watch unlock the door as proof of who I said I was.

[Freeper]

I sometimes go to work with no billfold, just a few dollars in my pocket. That's mostly when I walk the two blocks to work.  I was stopped halfway there one morning around 4a.m.  The cop gave me a ride to a work so he could watch unlock the door as proof of who I said I was.

If you were brown he would have thrown you in jail no doubt. 

[thundley4]

If you were brown he would have thrown you in jail no doubt. 

It was winter time, so I didn't have my tan.

[Mike220]

Just for curiousity's sake, how many "papers" does everyone carry at all times?  Not even counting the registration and proof of insurance in your car...what do you carry in your pocket or purse?

I carry my license, my debit card, hubby's debit card, 2 credit cards, my SS card, 2 health insurance cards, 2 library cards, my Red Cross blood donor card, and a couple cards with info like addresses, bank account numbers, and family SS numbers...

But we can't really expect immigrants to have an ID card on them...right?  

Driver's License
2 debit cards
UNT Student ID
TWU Student ID
Concealed Carry License
Library Card
Health Insurance Card

[Ballygrl]

Will the DUmmies faint if they read this? Here's a comparison of the California Law and the Arizona Law, they're kind of similar, oh my!

http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/watercooler/2010/may/15/audio-interview-la-city-councilman-attacks-ariz-la/

Below is a copy of section 834b of the California Penal Code that deals with immigration law enforcement at the local level.

(a) Every law enforcement agency in California shall fully cooperate with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service regarding any person who is arrested if he or she is suspected of being present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws. (b) With respect to any such person who is arrested, and suspected of being present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws, every law enforcement agency shall do the following: (1) Attempt to verify the legal status of such person as a citizen of the United States, an alien lawfully admitted as a permanent resident, an alien lawfully admitted for a temporary period of time or as an alien who is present in the United States in violation of immigration laws. The verification process may include, but shall not be limited to, questioning the person regarding his or her date and place of birth, and entry into the United States, and demanding documentation to indicate his or her legal status. (2) Notify the person of his or her apparent status as an alien who is present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws and inform him or her that, apart from any criminal justice proceedings, he or she must either obtain legal status or leave the United States. (3) Notify the Attorney General of California and the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service of the apparent illegal status and provide any additional information that may be requested by any other public entity. (c) Any legislative, administrative, or other action by a city, county, or other legally authorized local governmental entity with jurisdictional boundaries, or by a law enforcement agency, to prevent or limit the cooperation required by subdivision (a) is expressly prohibited.

Here is Arizona's SB 1070

ARTICLE 8. ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS

14 11-1051. Cooperation and assistance in enforcement of

15 immigration laws; indemnification

16 A. NO OFFICIAL OR AGENCY OF THIS STATE OR A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR

17 OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE MAY ADOPT A POLICY THAT LIMITS OR

18 RESTRICTS THE ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS TO LESS THAN THE FULL

19 EXTENT PERMITTED BY FEDERAL LAW.

20 B. FOR ANY LAWFUL CONTACT MADE BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL OR AGENCY

21 OF THIS STATE OR A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS

22 STATE WHERE REASONABLE SUSPICION EXISTS THAT THE PERSON IS AN ALIEN WHO IS

23 UNLAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES, A REASONABLE ATTEMPT SHALL BE MADE,

24 WHEN PRACTICABLE, TO DETERMINE THE IMMIGRATION STATUS OF THE PERSON. THE

25 PERSON'S IMMIGRATION STATUS SHALL BE VERIFIED WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

26 PURSUANT TO 8 UNITED STATES CODE SECTION 1373(c).

27 C. IF AN ALIEN WHO IS UNLAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES IS

28 CONVICTED OF A VIOLATION OF STATE OR LOCAL LAW, ON DISCHARGE FROM

29 IMPRISONMENT OR ASSESSMENT OF ANY FINE THAT IS IMPOSED, THE ALIEN SHALL BE

30 TRANSFERRED IMMEDIATELY TO THE CUSTODY OF THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND

31 CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT OR THE UNITED STATES CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION.

32 D. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY MAY

33 SECURELY TRANSPORT AN ALIEN WHO IS UNLAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES

34 AND WHO IS IN THE AGENCY'S CUSTODY TO A FEDERAL FACILITY IN THIS STATE OR TO

35 ANY OTHER POINT OF TRANSFER INTO FEDERAL CUSTODY THAT IS OUTSIDE THE

36 JURISDICTION OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

[TheSarge]

I keep finding it funny that no one in the Obama admin has gone through the grueling task of reading all 10 pages of this law. Yet they go around giving expert opinions on it. This is twice that they have lied their asses off about a bill. The first was health care. Obama cried and whined that we were misquoting and lying about the HC bill now he is going around blatantly lying about this bill. Bill Clinton is honest compared to this clown we have now.

 What else haven't they read?  What other legislation and proposals are they making statements about based not on fact...but on what's being written about it in the NYT or reported on MSNBC?