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Im not aware of the new laws being passed in Arizona but we have our own problems with emigration here in the UK. London in particular has been swamped with immigrants of which at least 30% are illegal.

We dont blame the immigrants so much as the government who are far to soft with there policies and have made the country very attractive with free health cover, income support, housing benefit, ect..ect..

Immigrants are even given free T.V. licenses were as the rest of us have to pay for them. The reason being that they claim watching television helps them learn the language!! LOL
They also get 80% of any tax they pay back when they leave the country.

I hold nothing against the immigrants themselves but Im struggling to hold my head above water and get hardly any help at all from my own country.

Yes we need immigration reform, yes we need to do something about the illegals, this law is NOT the way to handle it. This law is so very against the constitution its sickening. The law allows that if you so much as get pulled over for a broken taillight and you look like you might be hispanic they can demand to see your papers or proof of citizenship. They have already had problems with citizens being detained by the police and held until proof of citizenship could be brought in by family members *and as they were citizens their families had to bring in birth certificates etc* A drivers liscense or id card isnt good enough for proof of citizenship so whats a person to do? A trucker from CA was driving his route and was detained by immigration in AZ for over 12 hours while they waited for his wife to get off work and drive out there with his birth certificate and he was a legal citizen born and raised, not even hispanic.

Nobody likes to go the "its like the Nazi's" route but in this case yes it is like the Nazis. During Hitlers reign people had to carry papers stating they were german or jewish and if you were a german that didnt have his papers you were screwed. Do we really want our country going this route?

There are so many races in the US that look hispanic but arent that this law makes it scary to be them in that state. The majority of the Native Americans in the south look very hispanic and in most cases you cant tell which ones are which, so now they have the worry of dealing with this and having to prove their citizenship status in a country that was originaly theirs, sad.

As it stands there are many people and even whole towns petitioning for this to be taken to court for its unconstitutionality.

Funny thing about that.... John McCain endorsed the very same and even introduced the bill to do so, hence why some labeled him "McAmnesty" back during the election. The bill didn't pass and not a whole lot of people were for it due to various reasons. One being that not a lot of people knew about it to begin with, and another being that Bush was for it. Bush and republicans being considered "the bad guys", no one wanted to go with whatever it was they were for.

If Obama is supporting it now, it makes you wonder if there really is much difference between the current administration and the previous one.

As far as the law in Arizona is concerned, I think it's a step in the wrong direction. If illegal immigration is that much of a problem, there are better solutions, such as not rewarding people for coming over illegally by giving them free schooling and food stamps. If they're getting hand-outs for coming in, of course they're going to come. What reason would there be -not- to come, especially since the border security isn't even allowed to use force to stop them?

If you take away their incentives, then they'll have no reason to be here. As much as people like to say that America is just this really great country of opportunity and that's why they come, some of these illegals couldn't care less about this country. All they want is freebies. I remember going to school with some obvious illegals and they would talk down on everyone and tout Mexican pride, saying how much more superior Mexico is to the United States. I always figured if they loved their country so much, they could just go back, but of course I was called racist for even suggesting such a thing stare {I'm actually half Hispanic, by the way... born and raised in the States. Never been to Mexico. I don't think my father has ever even been. None of my family even knows Spanish rofl }

There are protesters that are citizens. Just because those who are illegal protest it doesn't mean there isn't any good reason to protest it. It's a violation to the fourth and fifth amendments. Asking a person to prove their citizenship is a "guilty until proven innocent" approach.

I do think it should be made easier to become a citizen, but keep in mind that not all these people coming in are even interested in becoming citizens. That's the kicker. People assume that because they're here, it's because they love the country and the opportunity it presents, but some are really just here for a free ride and would up and leave in a heartbeat if that was taken away. {Actually, they would protest "inequality" first, then eventually leave if people don't give in to their demands}.

Granted this is not the case for all of them, but it certainly isn't uncommon either. The way things currently work, it's actually easier to live in this country illegally than it is if you're a citizen.

While I get the reasoning behind instant citizenship to children raised here, there's also another problem created by this. It's what has been dubbed "anchor babies". Obviously you can't deport the parents and leave the child here all alone if they are not old enough to live by themselves and people do not wish to send a child back to a country they have never even known, so in an attempt to "play the system", some will {and have} come here already pregnant or get pregnant soon after coming over for the sole purpose of avoiding deportation.

As for the just granting people citizenship, I'm not sure if a new bill has been drafted yet, but at least in the old one that McCain introduced, it was full amnesty. What this means is, even if the person was a criminal, not only in their country of origin but also have committed crimes while in this country, they were granted complete amnesty and just allowed to wander free as a normal citizen with nothing on their record. These people would not be "weeded out" by being granted citizenship.

I do not 100% justify amnesty or legalizing people just because they had kids here. Just because you can pop out a few kids doesn't give you the right to claim citizenship. Honestly if you came here had a kid, and are illegal, your kid should be considered illegal too. That way this anchor baby idea stops.
What bothers me the most, is how many of them don't even try to pass as legal. They flaunt the fact they they are here "fresh off the boat". The refuse to learn the language, they stay in racial communities , they see all Americans as evil people, out to get them. It seems like they have kids for the sole purpose to translate for them. And we are suppose to have sympathy because they are coming from some poor third world country to the land of milk and honey? When should they start caring about their impact on our Economy? How much welfare are we gonna pay to those that come here expecting free hand outs?

I don't like getting passed up for jobs because i don't speak Spanish. I dont like the fact that they come into my store and get mad at me because they cant convey what they want, in my language. i don't like the fact that even the ones that get caught and deported end up back here in only a matter of weeks. I don't like the fact that our prison system is clogged with their criminals, living the good life with free TV and 3 meals a day, when there are families here that struggle to even have 1 meal a day and clothes on their backs. i don't like a lot of things wrong with our system. However i do not think that we should be worrying about tiptoeing around these people for fear that we might violate one of their rights. The are not citizens, and are not subject to the constitution. What i don't understand the most is, how can they be here protesting our laws and claiming that we are violating their rights, attempting to use our own legal system against us... Shouldn't they be trying to make things better in their own country? Protest corruption there, and if enough people stood together and made it better, they wouldn't be so pressured to come here.

Exactly

PS: Thats certainly an interesting look for your avi eek lol