Stage 8

I read Kelsey Scott’s blog, Oh Arizona…, regarding Arizona’s new immigration law. The audience for which this blog is intended includes the citizens of the Unites States whose lives are affected by the decisions made in Arizona. Kelsey supports Arizona’s implementation of the law because crime rates have been decreasing since the issue of illegal immigration has been paid more attention. If this law is making crime rates drop, and allowing us to live in a safer environment, then it should be implemented. She makes a point that the law is being put into action to protect the citizens of the US, not to necessarily discriminate against illegal immigrants.

However, I feel that no matter what the purpose of the law, if it requires discrimination to reach its final purpose, the law should not be imposed. That would bring us back years in the progress made during the Civil Rights movement. I do think, however, that the controversy sparked by Arizona’s immigration law has made the nation pay more attention to the issue of illegal immigration and its impacts on various states across the US. So, I don’t agree with Kelsey, as far as supporting the implementation of Arizona’s law, but I feel that the controversy over the implementation will bring more awareness about illegal immigration to the citizens of the US.