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"When you come to America you must have a permission slip, period," said state Sen. Russell Pearce, the Mesa Republican who sponsored the bill. "You can't break into my country, just like you can't break into my house."
"It will be, there's no doubt, the toughest immigration enforcement bill in the nation," said Pearce, a former deputy in the Maricopa County Sherriff's Office, where he worked for Sheriff Joe Arpaio, nicknamed "America's toughest sheriff." Arpaio, who has stirred controversy over his roundups of illegal immigrants, is being investigated by the federal government for alleged racial profiling.
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Pearce said he "was not advocating roundups." By creating a law that "eliminates all sanctuary policies," illegal immigrants -- unable to work, travel or even be present in the state -- would ultimately "leave on their own."
The senator argues the state law puts teeth in federal laws already on the books, by turning misdemeanors, like employing day laborers, into felonies.
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The notion that it is acceptable for illegal immigrants to "leave on their own" has to squashed to be completely. Under absolutely no circumstances should anybody who is not a US citizen imagine for a second that they can just come and go as they please accross our borders. No illegal immigrant in the US should ever have the peace of mind to imagine that they can just pack up and evaporate back to where they came from. This is part of what motivates illegal immigration, not just the notion that can come here if they want,
but also the notion that can go if they want. This is especially appealing to the illegals who are professional criminals in addition to being illegal immigrants. Professional criminal aliens can calculate and engineer crime sprees based on peaceful occupation in the US and mobility accross the border.
This is why it is so important to voice the credo,
Hunt them down and throw them out. Illegal immigrants need to be caught and thrown out. It's not just the borders. It's not just preventing them from coming in in the first place. It's not just removiing inticements. And it most certainly is not just waiting around for them to leave "on their own".