And, if I may ask of you, is that a good thing or a bad thing? I really am curious what your take on that would be.
My take would be that's a good thing.
Illegals = unwelcome :ban:
Legal = welcome :glugglug:
My position has never been in support of the wanton raiding of our borders. I believe those who have come here illegally should be sent back whenever possible and discouraged by our laws from coming here illegally in the first place.
In ALL of my posts on these issues my only point has been the preservation of the rights of Americans and those who enjoy the presumption of being here legally...
To some of you it's okay...but I think it's unconscionable for one American to be held or otherwise detained who is responding reasonably to someone's subjective eye.
As difficult as it is to recover lost or stolen documents like SSN cards and birth certificates...it is unreasonable IMO to expect people to carry those on their person for fear of being dropped in a detention center for hours just because someone thinks they look like they're here illegally.
People here illegally should be detained and deported, our borders should be strictly guarded (for a number of reasons) and the immigration policies of our country ought to be respected. But in all of that, not one innocent American ought to be swept up in the effort to maintain those immigration objectives.
No reasonable person questions whether draconian, right-infringing laws can be effective. Just think how effectively we could prohibit illicit drugs and other contraband if we did away with the right against our property being search without a warrant for example. But infringing on the privacy of the innocent individual is too heavy a price to pay just to enforce contraband laws in my eyes.