A Small Note Of Sanity Out Of This Election, Thanks... Arizona?!?

So, out of all the things that went wrong in this election, a few things happened that were good, sensible things.



Sadly, all of them seem to have been done in the same place: Arizona.



I know.



That's what I thought.



But Arizona apparently decided that if our leaders can't figure out illegal immigrants ARE ILLEGAL, the voters damn well could.



So they passed referenda. And these ones are NICE.



To sum up:



English is now the official language of Arizona.

Illegal immigrants are no longer allowed to receive punitive damages in court cases.

They are no longer eligible for bail in felony cases.

The new laws also prohibit illegal immigrants from receiving in-state tuition, financial assistance or access to state-subsidized childcare and family literacy programs. They will also require the Board of Education, community colleges, universities and the Department of Economic Security to report any illegal immigrants who try to apply for those programs.



And it's about damn time.



We've had this discussion; illegal immigration is one of my pet issues, largely because the proponents of illegal immigration are advocating breaking the laws of our nation.



Which same is referred to by the criminal code as "Aiding and abetting."



At any rate, passing laws restricting benefits of citizenship to citizens isn't "criminalizing" illegals; they're already criminal simply by virtue of the manner in which they chose to flagrantly disregard the laws of our nation and enter illegally.



I realize this isn't a sufficient after-election comment from me, but I'll get to it. Right now I'm dealing with the upcoming holiday rush, and I'm a bit frazzled.