Common sense wins in immigration
It's not that illegal immigration isn't a problem. It is. But it's not such a big problem that it should trump education, healthcare and the war on terror.
It's also the sort of divisive issue that attracts nutballs. Of course there are people debating the issue who are perfectly normal, concerned Americans. But some of the rhetoric appeals to the type of person that would just love to try out their new shotgun on a moving target.
Fortunately, the Colorado state legislature falls in the former camp.
The Rocky Mountain News reports that Republicans proposed a bill that would have "required both police officers and other local officials to turn in anyone they suspected were illegal immigrants, whether they had committed a crime or not." That's crazy. But the resulting, bipartisan bill makes perfect sense. "Police officers would have to report any illegal immigrant they arrest to federal immigration authorities."
Bipartisanship works. Who woulda thought?
It's also the sort of divisive issue that attracts nutballs. Of course there are people debating the issue who are perfectly normal, concerned Americans. But some of the rhetoric appeals to the type of person that would just love to try out their new shotgun on a moving target.
Fortunately, the Colorado state legislature falls in the former camp.
The Rocky Mountain News reports that Republicans proposed a bill that would have "required both police officers and other local officials to turn in anyone they suspected were illegal immigrants, whether they had committed a crime or not." That's crazy. But the resulting, bipartisan bill makes perfect sense. "Police officers would have to report any illegal immigrant they arrest to federal immigration authorities."
Bipartisanship works. Who woulda thought?
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