tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post7747580521003980733..comments2024-01-23T09:42:56.561-06:00Comments on Rancid Raves : Raging Arizona.Cagey (Kelli Oliver George)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13691589813815058981noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-92193980207043247922010-05-03T16:04:20.179-05:002010-05-03T16:04:20.179-05:00Aditya and I won't be considering a trip to Ar...Aditya and I won't be considering a trip to Arizona (and we'd both really like to see the Grand Canyon) until the law is repealed. I think the last time I was this pissed at politics was when I heard that California struck down Proposition 8.Gori Girlhttp://gorigirl.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-909071589055464452010-05-01T13:16:48.126-05:002010-05-01T13:16:48.126-05:00I'm an American of Puerto Rican and Italian de...I'm an American of Puerto Rican and Italian descent, my husband is of Scottish descent. I have the tan skin, dark hair and eyes. While I don't live in Arizona, I have to wonder...I know that I'm not the only American of hispanic descent out there, so how would I prove to a police officer who has this newly annointed power that I'm American? Do I carry around my passport? As a Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17807523718459921463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-13993360297396797002010-04-27T09:51:38.727-05:002010-04-27T09:51:38.727-05:00I'm a naturalized citizen, and I know I would ...I'm a naturalized citizen, and I know I would be totally safe if I went to Arizona, whether I carry my papers or not. Why? Am white, white, white. <br /><br />So, I have seen time and again people with the same documents, in the same line, as me at immigration (before and after we were naturalized) get all sorts of shit because they had a not-European look or accent. <br /><br />Based on my elizasmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14450026334750091569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-41705097091416128352010-04-26T16:44:25.170-05:002010-04-26T16:44:25.170-05:00I get that SOMETHING has to be done, but I lack th...I get that SOMETHING has to be done, but I lack the intelligence to come up with a good solution...... that said its a slippery slope for sure....so sad.Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06097880461727575640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-35781340540606118962010-04-26T15:20:24.285-05:002010-04-26T15:20:24.285-05:00Actually, I don't think this law will stand up...Actually, I don't think this law will stand up to constitutional scrutiny, though the Supremes have surprised me before. And while we may need better answers, I really hope it doesn't stand up to the moral scrutiny of Arizona voters.<br /><br />I just found my husband's naturalization certificate mixed in with a bunch of old papers I was getting ready to throw out. (Its now in a Carahttp://thefloridalife.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-36083563820276174582010-04-26T13:28:01.907-05:002010-04-26T13:28:01.907-05:00Have to side with you on this one. Vague laws nev...Have to side with you on this one. Vague laws never work out, and always someone must take the time, energy, and expense of going to court over it so that it is fair. While working taxes, I found many wonderful people whose only mistake was to immigrate illegally, because they could not understand or felt they could not navigate the red tape that surrounds our system (in one memorable instance,Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13595158234761801694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-65594583997458072722010-04-26T13:25:32.334-05:002010-04-26T13:25:32.334-05:00I wish they'd held off until I had moved back ...I wish they'd held off until I had moved back across the country-I'm a little worried about what would happen if my dad and I were pulled over. I can't help remembering the last time we were in Nevada (2008) and my parents asked a security guard at the Hoover Dam for directions in perfect (but in an Indian-Britishy) English and he mocked them to their faces and responded to them in Monkey McWearingChapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159146850159129520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-31661525819782280282010-04-26T10:31:09.140-05:002010-04-26T10:31:09.140-05:00Thank you for writing this for me. My brain is clo...Thank you for writing this for me. My brain is clogged with pollen this morning, and there's no way I would be able to compose an intelligent post about it. (Also, I'm raging mad.)<br /><br />Now I can just link to yours. :)Anjalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03942336985162828835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-21067276674997248132010-04-26T09:50:31.463-05:002010-04-26T09:50:31.463-05:00well said! totally agree. and, the police can st...well said! totally agree. and, the police can still arrest you if they incorrectly think your papers are a fake, which is another problem with the law. my 36 year old naturalized husband was in Mexico for business and had his US passport and his Texas driver's license. he could recite his social security number, and had his work ID. The US Customs officials wouldn't let him enter theFFFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12137831504341435114noreply@blogger.com