Boston councilors OK resolution to boycott Arizona

Pal said:

Gladly.

I wouldn't say that I think it's ok to be here illegally. I would say I don't think it should be illegal for an otherwise law abiding person to be here at all.

Assuming all of your figures are accurate and I had some kind of authority to act on both the state and federal level, I would start by repealing the Arizona law. I would then work on a Federal law that would bring about the policy of amnesty for illegal immigrants in the United States from Latin America.

I would have a public awareness campaign in the border states and wherever it was relevant to assure illegals that they were no longer being hunted down, and I would direct the INS to begin the practice of granting either green cards or some new system of legal residence to former illegals. Citizenship tests would also be offered to those that desired them. Of course all attempts would be made to establish the individual's criminal record or lack thereof before granting any of these things.

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Crunch said:

Thank God you are a very small minority in this country. :roll:

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texmaster said:

Wow. I didn't even catch his selective Amnesty.

Funny how he accuses this law of racial profiling buy he wants Amnesty only for Latin America.

You can't get more hypocritical.

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MyOwnDrum said:

I think boycotts are generally childish and not in the spirit of tolerance of differences or free expression. Just my opinion. I think it's generally a bad idea for States or Municipalities to start boycotting one another when laws are passed that they might disagree with.

Ironically, btw, many, many Hispanic people work in the restaurant, hotel, and other tourist industries.

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Deuce said:

Conservatives: Supporters of state and local power, except when it disagrees with them.

Why shouldn't Boston be able to do what they want in this case?

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texmaster said:

Sometimes passion will take over when someone consistently uses the race card no matter how false the charge is to make. Perhaps its because I live down here and know exactly what is going on but the racism accusation is extremely offensive.

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