Here's the point of comparison between the impending Arizona situation and China: it's no fun knowing -- as citizen and foreigner alike know in China, and as Hispanic-looking people in Arizona soon will -- that you can be asked to show proof of your legality at an official's whim. But if it's sobering to think that the closest analogy to a new U.S. legal situation is daily life in Communist China, we should also look on the bright side. With some notable and serious exceptions, I typically did not see Chinese police asking for papers on a whim. Usually something had to happen first. Maybe soon the Chinese State Security apparatus can travel to Arizona and give lectures to local police and sheriffs. They can explain how to avoid going crazy with a new power that so invites abuse. "Civil Liberties: Learning from China" can be the name of the course.Guilty until proven innocent. So much for smaller Government. Arizona wants a police state. The GOP future is that of questioning everyone's paperwork, even the President's.
The Republican's and Tea Baggers love to throw around the fascism line for Obama, but when Red States act exactly like 1930s Nazi Germany and demand paperwork on the spot to prove your nationality, they don't see that they are the ones acting like fascists. And to think McCain was a Presidential nominee.
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The federal government already requires lawfully admitted aliens to carry their immigration documents.
But I guess for the illegal-alien lobby, there is a right not just to be in the country illegally, but also to be free from any nervousness that might be caused by one’s illegal status?
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