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cadenas -> RE: AZ Governor Quashes Future Debates After Disastrous Performance (9/5/2010 12:11:25 AM)
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You need to understand something about American politics. Most politicians aren't in it out of conviction but for money. It's a job for them. Since politicians are rehired every few years, politicians are populists, and Republicans even more so (because of the segment of the population they appeal to; intellectuals tend to vote Democrat). They aren't interested in solving problems but in coming up with things that sound good. Bonus points if they don't actually solve the problem.
Laws such as Arizona's law can be explained in half a sentence and sound just as easy to voters; many still very much hang on to a wild-west mentality of "we'll solve this problem with brute force". In reality, of course you are right that it does nothing to stop illegal immigration. Like all complicated problems, it requires a complicated solution.
For a politician, such a law has a number of advantages. First, it lets him - or in this case her - say "Hey, I did something" Second, it doesn't solve the problem, and voters will have forgotten the details of why it failed. So the same politician can then go back to voters for more: "reelect me, and I'll fix the problem". Now if the problem actually got solved, the politician would be out of a job.
Sadly, this keeps on working, in the case of immigration for 40+ years. Politicians keep coming up with more laws that all claim to "crack down on illegal immigration" Nowadays, it got to the point where the existing laws really can't be made much tougher, so more and more you see new laws that simply restate what's already in other laws (just as long as voters don't realize that the law already exists, you can still sell it as new).
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I am from Canada. I am just wondering why some people want illegal immigration from Mexico to US to continue uninterrupted? I guess the reasons vary. What are the main reasons?
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