It's been reported that many illegal aliens are fleeing Arizona in advance of the 29 July 2010 effective date for the new law SB 1070, the strictest anti-illegal immigration legislation in decades. I am an immigrant and I support the law. Certainly the law is not racist since it applies to everyone that is illegally here, not just to Hispanics. If law enforcement finds 99% of those who commit crimes and are here illegally happen to be Hispanic then that is no more racist then when 99% of those arrested for crimes in Newark, New Jersey turn out to be black.

If the majority of arrests in San Francisco's Chinatown turns out to be mostly Asians, would anyone suspect anti-Asian racism? Hardly.

30% of Arizona's population is Hispanic, but If 99% of illegal aliens in Arizona are Hispanic, what should law enforcement do? Let 70% of illegal aliens go free to avoid racial profiling?

Less than two years ago I reported that Arizona's Hispanic Bar Association wanted to ban words like illegal alien in all of the state’s courtrooms. Other terms the group wanted banned were; immigration crisis, immigration epidemic, open borders advocates, anchor babies and invaders. Acceptable terms are foreign nationals, unauthorized workers and human rights advocates.

The fact of the matter is that it is perfectly legal to consider race in enforcing immigration law. In United States v. Brignoni-Ponce, the U.S. Supreme Court found: “The likelihood that any given person of Mexican ancestry is an alien is high enough to make Mexican appearance a relevant factor.” The key is that that race alone is an insufficient basis to stop or arrest.

In a related matter, the U.S. Supreme Court said today it would hear a legal challenge by business, civil rights and immigration groups to an Arizona law that punishes employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants. In this particular case, I hope the Court overturns the law. I am opposed to any law that puts the burden of immigration enforcement on employers.

If states enforce laws like SB 1070, then employers will have a very small pool of illegals from which to hire and the issue, practically speaking, would be moot.

As for legal immigration, I have no objection to all 100 million Mexicans coming into America, as long as they do it legally.