Oh Arizona...Have You No Hope?

It is not new news that Arizona is attempting to pass their Immigration Law to protect their borders. Recently Judge Susan Bolt of Federal District Court ruled against major provisions of the law. This ruling sent outrage to both sides of the argument, those opposed were upset because the whole law wasn't rejected and those for are upset for obvious reasons. On the blog "From My Point of View..." blogger Andrea Van Cleave voices her opinion on the court ruling in a blog titled "Attacks on Arizona."

In this blog, Van Cleave argues that Arizona is "just carrying out the law." She cites this through the everyday border laws that are being broken by immigrants and Arizona's attempts at enforcing those laws. Van Cleave reflects over the violence that has occurred since the judgment. Through her words she is appealing an audience that is in support of the Arizona Immigration Law.

I disagree with this stance. To say that Arizona is only upholding a law that already exists is incorrect. One of the provisions of the Immigration Law was to allow law enforcement to approached citizens and non-citizens and request documentation, which is a form of racial profiling. The result would thus be that people will be wrongfully detained due to lack of documentation and according to the law they will be detained until they are able to prove they have a legal right to be here.

Judge Susan Bolt's argument was that border laws are the responsibility of the Federal government and not that of the states. The whole border should be enforced the same. This law has created a lot of controversy but I stand on the side of opposition. Does Arizona really have the authority to execute racial profiling? I think not.