A letter to a friend

Irisita--
I don't know what the media are saying in California, but Arizona is a wonderful place to visit. Remember, one in three people in this state are Hispanic--do you think the police are going to be stopping every third person??
The bill that was just passed does not allow the police to stop anyone to check their immigration status. The police can ask for proof of status only after stopping someone who is breaking the law.
By the year 2050, Hispanics will be the majority here. In Rio Rico/Nogales they have been the majority forever. I think the non hispanic minority at the high school made up about 6%.

But the real issue is not ethnic, it's criminal--the Mexican cartel mafia, with its kidnappings and crime is operating in more than 200 U.S. cities. Arizona, with its proximity to Mexico, is one of those. Phoenix is second only to Mexico City for the number of kidnappings World Wide.
The “anti illegal immigrants” legislation that was just approved is related to these violent events, and it doesn't go into effect for another month. Our Attorney General talking about the kidnapping rate in Phoenix said today that for other than illegal aliens Phoenix is one of the safest cities in the world. The travesty is that the kidnappings are Mexican gangsters preying on Mexican illegals.
I'm kind of getting off target here, but the point is that Arizona is not anti-hispanic. Arizona is anti-criminal. The federal government needs to figure out a real policy on immigration. But right now, living on the border we see the downside of the drug trade daily--seven bodies were found in Nogales, Sonora again yesterday.

We wish it wasn't happening in Mexico.
We don't want it to happen here.
Sorry for the diatribe.