How do you fight a crime committed disproportionately by a particular group without profiling?
If race is inextricably tied to a particular crime, and any attempts to address it are reflexivly branded as ‘profiling’, then basically you are saying you cannot stop it; you just have to let it happen.
It is strange to hear people in the media and this administration decry ‘profiling,’ yet have no trouble whatsoever with race being used in college admissions, carving up congressional districts, cross-district busing, awarding job promotions and government contracts. All those types of profiling elicit no outrage. Yet, when fighting terrorism or illegal immigration, for some reason we cannot use race as a factor.
All the uproar by critics seems to revolve around the possibility that someone will be questioned who is actually a citizen, and…? And so they might be inconvenienced or embarrassed for five minutes. That’s not exactly the end of the world and should not stop the task of fixing a much larger problem.
As Victor D. Hanson rightly observes:
When we weigh racial and gender stereotypes for what we deem are noble purposes, we call it “diversity,” but when considering criteria other than one’s individuality for matters of public safety, it devolves into “profiling.”
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I have heard much more people discussing that the law is Unconstitutional under the Supremacy Clause. The Supremacy Clause forbids state and local laws that contradict federal laws in matters where the federal government has authority to act.
Once again it only applies in situations exactly where the law contradicts the current law. Arizona’s law requires that State/Local authorities hand over suspect illegals to the proper federal authorities. Maybe you have forgetten (since we haven’t enforced these laws) but it’s still a crime to enter our country illegally.
But as long as we are talking about Constitutionality let’s talk about the Commerce Clause from the Constitution (Article I, Section 8). This clause prohibits states and localities from passing laws that burden interstate or foreign commerce by, among other things, creating “discriminations favorable or adverse to commerce with specific foreign nations.”
Boycotting Arizona is UNCONSTITUTIONAL so knock it off already. Also to the Arizona government, how about we step up and actually file suit against these cities?