Make no Apologies.

Read this blog carefully.

Are you following the Arizona stories on the illegal immigrant law? I am. It is fascinating.
One Arizona newspaper reporter interviewed a local Arizona resident. Here is how the interview went.
“How do you feel about the new law?” Asked the reporter.
“I do not like it. I am an illegal immigrant and if I am stopped and have to show my papers which I do not have, it will be very bad for me.” The person responded.
“What will happen?” the reporter inquired.
“I will have to go back to work in Mexico and lose all my medical benefits that I get here.”
“But aren’t you an illegal immigrant?’ Asked the reporter.
“Yes I am and that is what worries me about the law. It discriminating against me because of my color.” Said the illegal immigrant.

The reporter was proffering this story to support the position that the new Arizona law is discriminatory. Whoa Nellie! Did I miss something?

Frankly, I do not know whether to be more puzzled by the reporter’s lack of logic or by the illegal immigrant’s lack of concern for the law. Should there be a reasonable basis for suspecting you are an illegal immigrant, the new law allows a police officer to stop you and ask you for identification. If you are legal, so what. If you are not legal, you have no basis for an objection.

If you are an illegal immigrant, or anyone, accessing the privileges of American citizenship without being a citizen, then you are violating the law. If you want the privileges of American citizenship, then become a citizen. It ain’t that hard. My fore-fathers did it. Why should we apologize for that? In other countries, if you are there illegally, they just send you home.

Go to any country from China to France and try to get the benefits of that countries’ citizenship without being a citizen. It does not happen and no one lobbies or parades banners or prints tee-shirts that it is acceptable to be illegal.

The next thing we know alcoholics will be objecting to being stopped because they might get a DUI. “You would never had known I was looped if you had not singled me out. It’s unfair.” Slurred the drunk.

I make no apologies for advocating protecting the sanctity of American citizenship. And neither should anyone else. It is a privilege.

Congratulations to the Arizona congress and to their governor.