Each time we enter Canada to visit and return we have to show our passport at the border to prove our citizenship. When flying we have to show our photo ID at the check-in counter and at the security gate.
When we go to the doctor’s office or the clinic we must show photo ID when we check in. When we cash a check at the bank we have to show photo ID. When we check out at the grocery store with a credit card we have to show photo ID. Now, with Obamacare, we have to prove we have health care insurance. Ironically, though, when we vote we don’t have to show proof of citizenship. I wonder why.
The liberal media and pandering politicians are sounding huge alarms about Arizona passing a law that if there is reason for suspicion, police officers may ask for proof of citizenship. The citizens of that state are awash in illegal aliens and the state is facing big financial problems.
We hear about the illegals being victimized, but little about the chaos that the lack of border security by the federal government is causing. Phoenix is the kidnap capital of the country. Drug running is rampant. Lawful citizens are being shot, property stolen and vandalized but we hear little about these victims. No, it’s just about the lack of compassion for the “downtrodden.”
How about a little compassion for the citizens? Seventy percent of the state’s population favor the new law. Whose country is it anyway?
Robert Johnston
Camano Island
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