Near my town, they have instructed landlords to question all people that "look" like they could be immigrants to prove they are legal. Obviously, this stinks of racial profiling and is NOT the best way to approach the issue (for the tennants AND the landlords who have to ask them). If not this way, what are some better ways to ensure people who work and live in the town are here legally?
**Yes, I know...illegal immigrants are people too and have rights, but until the laws are changed, they are here illegally. Driving faster than the speed limit is illegal and so is robbing the liquer store...while they all have verrying severity, if you are caught, you are punished. That's just the way life is. I'm not debating the fairness of it. I'm looking for a better solution for the current issue between tennants and landlords.
2006-10-05 05:01:16 · 6 answers · asked by Billy 3 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
I see no problem with it. If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck.... ask if its a duck.....
2006-10-05 05:09:32 · answer #1 · answered by hmmm... 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Racial profiling is wrong, if the landlords require to check residency, then in the application they should ask EVERYONE to submit a social and id, then they can do their background check without profiling. If they want legals only, they have to pay the price to find that out.
2006-10-05 05:12:35 · answer #2 · answered by yes, it's me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bill was just recently created that wants to establish a 700 mile long fence along the border. 1500 new Border Patrol agents are going to get high tech laser beams and night vision goggles ... the works. Get this: its only going to cost us 34.8 billion homeland security dollars that Congress hasn't allocated money for. Theres no way its going to pass, its as bad as the damn berlin wall.
The legislation includes:
$1.2 billion for 700 miles of border fencing, lighting, vehicle barriers and sensors. Some estimate the cost of the fence as high as $7 billion.
$2.77 billion for the Border Patrol, including 1,500 new agents.
$1.38 billion for detention operations and facilities.
The rift between House and Senate Republicans was underscored Tuesday when Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, predicted that a lack of money would prevent new fencing from being built. Cornyn also expressed doubts about the efficacy of fencing that leaves 1,300 miles of border unprotected.
2006-10-05 07:07:49 · answer #3 · answered by Christina 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they're going to do that they need to require that EVERYONE provide proof of citizenship and not just the ones who look like they might be illegal. I don't like the illegal alien issue but I don't care for racial profiling either.
2006-10-05 05:06:37 · answer #4 · answered by Spud55 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, George just agreed in building a fence at the border with Mexico, about 1500 kilometers long. Maybe the stream of immigrants will narrow down to just a few million. If it works, other areas could be next.
2006-10-05 05:09:58 · answer #5 · answered by Avatar13 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think it's racial profiling. These people bring it on themselves, they're here illegally. We have to enforce laws somehow.
I think that we have to hold the Mexican govt accountable for their economy and stop thinking of us as the welfare state for them. (as an extension of).
2006-10-05 06:15:03 · answer #6 · answered by Big Bear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋