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Post by MaybeNever on Nov 23, 2011 3:18:00 GMT -5
Alabama not too long ago enacted an immigration law modeled on Arizona's controversial law, but apparently Alabama's was even worse. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that it caught one of those filthy brown people German Mercedes executives who run a company that provides over 40,000 jobs in the state. Think they'll tone it down? My money's on the revisions involving oblique references to skin tone and probable national origin being one of those "shithole countries what don't has terlets." Full article here. |
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Post by cestlefun17 on Nov 23, 2011 3:38:53 GMT -5
I don't get the irony...He was stopped for a legitimate reason. He only had a German ID on him and did not have his passport showing he could be in the country legally. While it's wonderful that he's created many jobs, this does not put him above the law.
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Post by shykid on Nov 23, 2011 4:55:47 GMT -5
Like catching rich white people instead of the nasty dark ones you're after?
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Post by Napoleon the Clown on Nov 23, 2011 18:00:48 GMT -5
At least it's equal opportunity right now?
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Post by MaybeNever on Nov 23, 2011 18:03:39 GMT -5
Yeah, it's the "right now" that's annoying all those Republicans. We didn't make this law to catch white people!
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Post by lexikon on Nov 23, 2011 18:05:12 GMT -5
I don't get the irony...He was stopped for a legitimate reason. He only had a German ID on him and did not have his passport showing he could be in the country legally. While it's wonderful that he's created many jobs, this does not put him above the law. What, so now everyone has to carry in their pockets important information that will screw up your life if lost? |
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Post by davedan on Nov 23, 2011 18:08:39 GMT -5
I don't get the irony...He was stopped for a legitimate reason. He only had a German ID on him and did not have his passport showing he could be in the country legally. While it's wonderful that he's created many jobs, this does not put him above the law. What, so now everyone has to carry in their pockets important information that will screw up your life if lost? Yeah you should make sure Foreigners have to walk around with their passports at all times. Better yet with a scannable tag that identifies their country of origin. |
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Post by ironbite on Nov 23, 2011 19:11:22 GMT -5
Perhaps a barcode tattoo on the back of the neck?
Ironbite-for everyone, given at birth.
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Post by lexikon on Nov 23, 2011 19:14:11 GMT -5
Ooh, it should end in 616, like the bible says. What, so now everyone has to carry in their pockets important information that will screw up your life if lost? Yeah you should make sure Foreigners have to walk around with their passports at all times. Better yet with a scannable tag that identifies their country of origin. Actually, the Arizona Law isn't limited to foreigners, but people suspected of being foreigners. |
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Post by The_L on Nov 23, 2011 19:39:37 GMT -5
HA! Serves ya right, home state. That was a stupid move.
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Post by cestlefun17 on Nov 24, 2011 3:12:41 GMT -5
Not everyone, but if you are a foreigner it is required (under federal law) that you keep your passport on you at all times. You are a guest in the country, and if you are stopped for a legitimate reason, and the only ID you can provide shows that you are a foreigner, and this ID does not show that you are allowed to be in the country, then you should be detained until your legal status can be proven.
(That being said, I disagree with most parts of the Arizona and Alabama laws because states should not have the right to set their own immigration policies, only enforce federal immigration policy under the direction of federal authorities.)
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Post by dasfuchs on Nov 24, 2011 4:47:37 GMT -5
Don't worry, he has the money. Give it a week or two and he'll have all the proper ID and this whole thing will be brushed aside. Money talks, everything else walks
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Post by Vene on Nov 24, 2011 10:42:48 GMT -5
Not everyone, but if you are a foreigner it is required (under federal law) that you keep your passport on you at all times. You are a guest in the country, and if you are stopped for a legitimate reason, and the only ID you can provide shows that you are a foreigner, and this ID does not show that you are allowed to be in the country, then you should be detained until your legal status can be proven. (That being said, I disagree with most parts of the Arizona and Alabama laws because states should not have the right to set their own immigration policies, only enforce federal immigration policy under the direction of federal authorities.) How do they know if you're a foreigner in the first place? |
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Post by cestlefun17 on Nov 24, 2011 10:57:15 GMT -5
If you're stopped for a legitimate reason and must show ID, and the ID you have is foreign (and subsequently you don't have other proof showing you are here legally), just as what happened in this case.
I completely disagree with the Arizona law that allows police officers the ability to interrogate someone about immigration status just because they have a hunch s/he's foreign.
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Post by Oriet on Nov 24, 2011 11:09:34 GMT -5
Doesn't requiring the showing of documentation based solely on the suspicion that someone is a foreigner make it a requirement for citizens to carry identification papers, and isn't doing the latter part illegal?
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