What would Martin Niemoller think about Arizona?

[Griff]

Originally Posted by jinx

Is it possibly, in your mind, for someone to want immigration law enforced and not be a racist?

Yes.

Is is possible to believe that illegal immigration is a problem, moreso for some areas than others, and that legislating law enforcement tools to deal with it is an attempt at reducing the problem, and not simple pandering?

Yes, it is a regional problem, but this legislation looks to be mostly pandering. It is like the banking thing, the Democrats are not addressing the core problem by breaking up the too big to fail banks, but they are attempting to solve some of the problems.

They already are, and not just in AZ.

...which brings us back to the drug war and the Mexican economy, the real problems.