Hardball Debate: How do you non ethnically profile someone as an Illegal Immigrant?

Chris Matthews asks a supporter and an opponent of Arizona senate bill 1070 how to profile someone as an illegal with out basing it off of their race. One rep suggested that the shoes they wear is an indicator.

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• Arizona
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• Immigration
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• 1070

[TonyHawkLookalike]

This is how it works: First there were natives, Indians and Yuman speaking hunter gatherers. Then came the europeans including English to the North and Spaniards to the south. Later a war was fought, we won. Mexico signed the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and was paid 18 Million in exchange for the land. It was all decided long b4 we walked this earth.

[PoliticalSkeptic]

@TonyHawkLookalike Well i find myself agreeing with you on this one. I disagree with the 1st people here argument in most contexts. in this one it doesn't apply.

[mrbriscoe2001]

Sanchez seems profoundly uninformed about the bill and Law Enforcement policies in general....she has actual power in American Immigration policy?

[daniel95472]

i like how a hispanic man was the reporter at 0:25

[BankySkitch]

@gooeykablooey412 was it 20% or 30%? Or are you just pulling those two numbers out of your butt, like you are pulling out the "fact" that illegal immigrants who work don't pay taxes?

[THEMASTEROFYOU2000]

er...asking for I D is now illegal?.kool....great job obama.whats next?.paying for sh*t or just taking things off the shelves.....racist people wanting to see receipts!

[gooeykablooey412]

Iif you don't live in AZ you don't know what the issue is. Do ANY of you live in Arizona? Have you even read this law?

About 20-30% of the kids in my high school were illegal immigrants. That's a huge percentage considering about 55% of the students were Hispanic. Those illegals' parents don't pay taxes (besides sales taxes), so basically AZ tax-payers are giving them a free ride. Why should illegal immigrants get free schooling when US citizens don't get that luxury?

[freedomlibertynow]

Can you bring this fight for freedom to Mexico also? I feel for the Mexican people but .if you could protesting in Mexico for your rights too that would be nice.

[TonyHawkLookalike]

@notovertheedge It's the one area where we need some governance. I can do without Obamacare however...

[TonyHawkLookalike]

@PoliticalSkeptic I have no problem with the Patriot act and Wiretapping. I have nothing to hide. Again, this is about enforcing the law. America needs to stand up and say enough to these people who violate the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

[notovertheedge]

@PoliticalSkeptic let those who love this idea be the first to submit to being tracked by a national id for "safety" sake.

[notovertheedge]

@TonyHawkLookalike not true, i am not for opening the flood gates and i certainly don't want to foot the bill for anyone else.

i challenge it because it weakens our 4th amendment right.

i walk a very straight line, pay my taxes and am a model citizen so i have nothing to fear & am not paranoid. however i am not down with any agency having that much power. i think we have way too much governing going on and this my friend is what it's all about.