The topic of discussion was Arizona’s SB 1070 bill that was approved to chuck out illegitimate migrants. The bill was seen to have affected the education sector since many high school students were forced to live without their parents.
Their parents were forced to move to other states that do not have stern immigration policies. The participants talked about the impacts of the law to the Arizona youths and what could be done to reduce its impacts.
The guests analyzed one of the current studies undertaken by a group of researchers from a local university. In the study, it is revealed that many young people were unwilling to give their views because of unknown reasons
There were two participants in the debate that is, Devin Browne- the KJZZ reporter and Tomas Lopez the co-author of the recently performed study. Browne observed that although the tenets of the SB 1070 were not fully endorsed, its sanctioning caused societal disruptions.
Many parents chose to move to other states without the law and left their children to continue with their studies. The proponents of the law believe that its passage would allow people to go back to their ancestral regions since illegal migration interferes with the financial system of a particular state.
The panelists observed how the Arizona bill has been misinterpreted as a move to subjugate certain races. The bill in actual terms does not contravene the constitution since the US constitution permits states to establish regulations that guarantee normalcy as well as constancy (Frontani 217).
The central government on its part has failed to educate people on the importance of such law, which has ended up rising tensions among different groups (McKnight 246). The government has actually failed to act as a unifying factor because it is inciting Americans against their fellow Americans.
The Obama regime has failed to deliver its promises to the masses, which it had pledged during elections. The regime was initially perceived to be committed towards abolishing racial and ethnic discrimination (Cheryl 30).
The Arizona law does not allow racial profiling but the media and the ruling elites have taken the opportunity to advance their interests as regards to racism (Anderson 140). Politicians are using the ongoing debate to frustrate supporters of their opponents or to seek votes (Hagan 671).
As usual, politicians and the media will always ensure that the public follows their perspectives concerning major debates (Miller 21). The Arizona law is applicable since illegal immigration has caused more harm than good. Immigrants from time to time have been proved to be interfering with the labor market.
They offer cheap labor, which demoralizes the most qualified in society (Fawcett 56). Again, refugees are known to be smugglers. They bring in goods from their places of origin without paying custom duties. To the extreme end, they engage in illegal businesses such as trading in drugs and firearms (Baigent 239).
Columbia and other states have lost their sovereignty to drug lords and criminals because they lack effective migration laws (Clinton 15). The American states near the border must constantly come up with strong policies aimed at containing illegal migration.
Finally, the panelists were concerned with national security (White 100). Application of Arizona law is necessary for national interests because terrorists should not be given any chance of becoming citizens of a great nation like the US (Archibold 17).
On a personal standpoint, the Arizona law should be implemented immediately. If Arizona does not continuously crackdown on illegal immigrants, it can be like Columbia where drug lords have taken over state powers and established their own administrative unit referred to as FARC (Archibold 4).
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