So many states want to enact their own immigration laws

AlphaCentauri

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Sat May-29-10 12:25 PM
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So many states want to enact their own immigration laws

when are they going to start requiring neighbor states traveler visas?

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jdlh8894

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Sat May-29-10 12:38 PM
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1. Under what law?

States are part of the Union - not a different Country.

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Posteritatis

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Sat May-29-10 12:41 PM
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2. You think that'll stop them, given some of the stuff they're trying these days?

Texas and Oklahoma are trying to push legislation denying citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants, even though they have zero grounds or ability to do so. If a state gets garrison-mentalitied enough I can see them trying to push things a bit further.

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Bluenorthwest

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Sat May-29-10 12:51 PM
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3. It has alread been done in history

LAPD ran posts at the CA/NV state line, at which they demanded that people from Oklahoma show cash or be turned back. They had no legal authority, but they did it anyway.

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Posteritatis

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Sat May-29-10 12:52 PM
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4. Gah! Really? (nt)

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Bluenorthwest

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Sat May-29-10 01:04 PM
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5. Oh, yes...

And people would show the money, drive across, and sometimes walk the money all the way around so others could show the same stack. Those without options sometimes had to walk around to get in at all, if they made it. I think Woody Guthrie walked around the check point, but I am not certain.

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jdlh8894

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Sat May-29-10 01:16 PM
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6. Steinbeck would be proud! n/t

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Posteritatis

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Sat May-29-10 01:36 PM
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7. I'm having trouble getting past my initial "gah" reaction

Whenabouts was this going on?

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jdlh8894

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Sat May-29-10 02:44 PM
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11. Read "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck

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ProgressiveProfessor

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Sat May-29-10 02:00 PM
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8. It is an indication of the frustration on the immigration issue

While there is a lot of bad gouge out there, several things are clear:
- Enforcement is far from uniform.
- Employers are rarely punished
- Everyone assumes its about Hispanics
- Economic impact assessments are all over the map

Not sure how to separate the wheat from the chaff on this one. :shrug:

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mwooldri

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Sat May-29-10 02:22 PM
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9. So will I need a passport to visit the Qualla reservation now?

After all it is part of the sovereign land of the Cherokee - which the United States of America stole from them...

Maybe the indiginous people should be putting up borders and insisting on passport controls.

Seriously.

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lonestarnot

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Sat May-29-10 02:23 PM
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10. I need papers to go to Circle K let alone the next state.

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Cleita

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Sat May-29-10 02:53 PM
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12. I could go for that, but I would restrict it to

keeping politicians from other states from entering, like Karl Rove, Sarah Palin and others who would meddle in our politics and elections. Otherwise federal laws are fine with me.

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