Thursday, October 21, 2010

Oh Florida, You're Making Arizona Look Civilized

Florida state Congressman William Snyder, an ex-Miami-Dade Police officer, has drafted the state's own version of Arizona's bigoted immigration bill though he is adamant that it will not lead to racial profiling, and says so: "Race, ethnicity, and national origin cannot be used in making arrests. It's immoral, illegal, and unconstitutional."

But in Snyder's proposed bill, if you are stopped for any reasons and asked to Show Your Papers, you get a pass if you have a Canadian or Western European passport. Not so lucky are our friends south of the border, or anywhere in Eastern Europe.


That's right. In a bizarre clause in the Snyder bill, it says that even if an officer has "reasonable suspicions" over a person's immigration status, a person will be "presumed to be legally in the United States" if he or she provides "a Canadian passport" or a passport from any "visa waiver country." Visa waiver countries are, other than four Asian nations, are "all 32 other countries are in Western Europe, from France to Germany to Luxembourg."


Snyder, a republican, of course, came up with his Bigot Law over the summer, and Republican candidate for governor, Rick Scott, has vowed to support the bill if elected.

All the more reason to cast your vote for ANYONE ELSE!

Basically, what Snyder's proposed bill says, is that if you don't look white, or come from a presumably white country, then you will be arrested.

How is that not racial profiling?

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3 comments:

  1. Okay, I am a Canadian so would get a pass, and even I think this is bigotry redux. You are a citizen or not, otherwise is profiling. Right wing douchebags...

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  2. What I still don't get is that these people make this kind of laws.

    You're a nation of immigrants, without them NO USA! The buffalows would still roam the plains hunted by the Indian tribes.

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  3. How are these laws even defendable in court? They should be able to be knocked down by the courts, right? And if not, they should be!

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