Pansies make horrible political debaters. I would know. I am one.

Pansies make horrible political debaters. I would know. I am one.

Yesterday, I posted on Twitter how I was "pro" SB1070.

Although I read the bill itself and was driven to my sway by personal repeat victimizations, I failed to see the potential. The potential liberties that may be taken with the law in place.

After a great chat, with a great lady, I decided to really explain it instead of listing the names of those who have victimized me and saying "I'm pro." (Seriously?! How much of a brain fart can one suffer in one fell swoop?!)

Do I agree with the mess this particular bill might cause? No. Way.

Do I think that officers will now feel entitled to approach Hispanic individuals and ask for their papers? Some may. Most won't. I believe that if they have ever felt so inclined before the passing of the law to take advantage of their position as an officer of the law, they would have acted as such or sought "probable cause" to obtain the information. This bill protects the corruption of some, which I firmly DO NOT agree with.

Do I think that employers and employees need an intervention? HELL YES! People working without their own documentation has been the source of nine years of heartache and turmoil for me. I'm dating myself with this, but that means that before I even left middle school, I was "failing to pay taxes" to the states of Arizona and Florida and the IRS. Now, this is an issue, that will be most effectively resolved if addressed within the SSA by way of federal government intervention, but Arizona (and in one personal instance Florida) employers, until a "higher seat" takes action, need local law enforcement. I can't tell you how many police reports and phone numbers and hold music songs I know by heart. Information you should need to look up, not have memorized.

That sort of pins my stance. I am in favor of the provisions that include local law enforcement investigating companies who have failed to confirm illegal immigrant employees as eligible to work. When they E-Verify and receive a "Yo, this person is not who they say they are!" they should be held responsible for processing that employees "information" through the company's payroll system and far enough into the government records for different branches to recognize them.

When I was on AHCCCS health insurance, was it really necessary for me to have to mail a letter every other week to the DES office contesting a "We've recently been informed you have started a term of employment with {Insert Company Typically Requiring Manual Labor Workers}"? That's not an exaggeration either. Every. Other. Week. Right after I gave birth to a human and had more important things to focus my attentions on than reprinting another letter. Exactly why I finally threw my hands up and opted out of any sort of insurance coverage for a year.

So I retract my statement. I'm anti-SB1070. I am, however, in favor of a bill crafted to address the massive employment fail that has infested this state. Or, if someone wanted to give me a job that required me NOT to particularly live in Arizona to effectively uphold the offered position, I'd be fine with that too.