Big-City Police Chiefs and the Arizona Law
May 27, 2010
Heather Mac Donald
5/26/2010
A delegation of big-city police chiefs has announced its opposition to the Arizona immigration law. They claim that SB 1070 will increase crime by intimidating illegal-alien victims and witnesses from cooperating with the police. This standard argument in favor of local sanctuary policies has never been tested empirically by comparing witness involvement in sanctuary and non-sanctuary cities. As Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, head of the Arizona Sheriff’s Association and a supporter of SB 1070, points out, cooperation from illegal aliens is already low.
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Harold
What strikes me is that the USA government seems to bend towards helping forces that work against the best interests of the US Citizenry. Why is it that we fear crime increase from illegal aliens more than the work it will take to eliminate having the illegal aliens from being here and the economic impact the illegals have on our country? Why are we allowing illegal aliens in the USA and reducing the income opportunities for our “legal citizenry?”
The US citizens need to revolt against its leaders who are bought by big monied interests. Until our leaders can not be bought, the USA will continue to be in a death spiral.