I’m going to deal with the new Arizona immigration law in full this weekend on the radio show, but here I want to point out two important but largely missed points.

1. The Arizona law simply strengthens existing law, which the federal and previous state governments have failed to enforce. Police can already stop illegal aliens, which the Arizona courts have upheld. Police can already ask them about their legal status, which has been supported by the U.S. Supreme Court. And police can already detain illegals. The Arizona law doesn’t invent the wheel here. It merely puts some steel into it.

2. As with most things that involve liberal opposition, there is a huge irony in play. Liberals are all for a “living” Constitution when it involves loosening up government power to do all kinds of things the Founders never intended. But when circumstances change and government is required to exercise tighter power to deal with an emergency, liberals reflexively oppose it. They’re all for expanded government power when it suits their interests (the government takeovers of health care, the banks, the cars, and the energy sector), but scream bloody murder when expanded government power doesn’t suit their agenda (national security, immigration.) With regard the Arizona bill, liberals are wedded to old notions of what constitutes racial profiling and discrimination. This law aims at illegal activity and NOT race, irrespective of the fact that most illegals are Hispanic. In fact, in Arizona, 80% of all illegals are Hispanic. That fact is the illegals’ responsibility, not ours. No other nation permits this kind of illegal invasion. In this case, the left-wing, politically motivated and faux argument for “liberty” and “civil rights” should not be an excuse for a dearth of common sense and pure stupidity. A great nation cannot remain great if it cannot control its own borders.

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