Reply #207: The Arizona initiative is directed at illegal immigrants, [View All]

Not "Latinos" (and "Latinas").

Cubans are "Latinos." The state of Florida is not seeking to purge Cubans.

Puerto Ricans and Dominicans are "Latinos." The state of New York is not seeking to purge Puerto Ricans and Dominicans.

It might help if you understand that Arizona is the border state through which most illegal immigrants from Mexico pass -- and many remain there. Consequently, Arizona is having more than its share of problems with these illegals. Arizona is not taking steps to control the flow of Mexican border jumpers for "racist" reasons but to eliminate the exceptional problems it's having.

Critics of Arizona's anti-immigrant action need to understand that it occurs in response to the federal government's failure to enforce existing immigration laws. If there is an ethnic factor involved it is coincidental.

Incidentally, I'm from New Jersey. But I am an American citizen in solidarity with those American citizens who reside in Arizona -- including those citizens who are ethnic Latino and Latina.