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From One Hispanic to Others "Arizona, You're Being Had By the Media"

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Whenever I'd watch old WWII movies and saw the occupying Nazi soldiers demand papers from French citizens I'd think how lucky we are that here in America we don't have to be subjected to this treatment. Since the Arizona governor signed an immigration law, Democrats and their fellow alarmists in the MSM are desperately trying to equate it with Nazism and the civil rights abuse of Hispanics. President Obama hinted that the federal government may have to circumvent the law.

As a Hispanic I recognize this ploy for what it is- a desperate attempt to incite militant Hispanic groups into protesting Arizona and liberals into boycotting the state. Why, you may ask? Because if what Arizona did spreads to the entire country, the Democrats are toast. And their media pals know this.

Ironically even some Republicans like Karl Rove and Lindsey Graham are worried that the law allowing police to ask potential illegal immigrants for papers will lead to abuses. Michael Gerson explained the potential civil rights violation in his Townhall column:

"The law creates a suspect class, based in part on ethnicity, considered guilty until they prove themselves innocent. It makes it harder for illegal immigrants to live without scrutiny — but it also makes it harder for some American citizens to live without suspicion and humiliation. Americans are not accustomed to the command “Your papers, please,” however politely delivered. The distinctly American response to such a request would be “Go to hell,” and then “See you in court.”

I am an American of Hispanic heritage and I look the part. I can't count how many times I've been asked, “Do you speak English?” According to the rhetoric being showered in the media I'm supposed to be upset at being asked for my “papers.” Oh really?

Ask any American of every ethnicity how often they are asked for picture ID. The answer is it happens on a daily basis- checking into hotels, using credit cards, at job interviews. We should be used to this by now. The only place we don't have to be documented is at the voting booth. If voters had to prove their eligibility the Democrats would lose their base and their power.

Every attempt to have voters prove their citizenship has been thwarted by the Democrats and with good reason, from their point of view. They rely on minority and suspect voters whom they can truck to the polls en masse with instructions on how they should vote. Would they be able to do this if these voters had to show their eligibility to vote?

They use thuggery to intimidate legitimate citizens and now have a justice department that refuses to address this tactic.

At these proposed rallies to protest the Arizona law, who will be the Hispanics protesting? I strongly suspect that if there are any American-born Hispanics, they will be celebrities looking for publicity or militants from leftwing groups. Legal immigrants and U.S. born Hispanics like myself are more concerned with border security than amnesty for illegals.

If the media wants to know who's to blame for the Arizona immigration bill why not blame the illegals who are raping, stealing, and murdering Arizonans after sneaking over the unsecured border?

Once again the Democrats are displaying the Pavlovian response of injecting race into issues that should be looked at instead with common sense. The federal government is not securing the border between Arizona and Mexico, thus allowing criminals to wreak havoc in that state — including murder.

Hispanics are once again being used as political pawns to sustain the Democrat Party's power in the inner cities. I hope the rest of the country realizes that we Hispanics who are citizens are not in its pocket and will support efforts to insure that only U.S. citizens are eligible to elect our representatives.