The color of one’s skin, nor their ethnicity, are always factors involving law enforcement asking questions & demanding “proof.” I am white, I visited Canada with friends. On the way back, at the checkpoint, we were detained. Seems the guards detain some based on random inspection rules they follow.
I too had to provide “proof” of citizenship. I too had to make sure I was allowed back into my own country. In the end, we were finally released & allowed entry. It took the better part of two hours since these guards were busy with multiple chores. They were not the friendliest people I have ever met. But, they were professional.
The point is, anyone can be detained when encountering the system. Anyone can be expected to show who they are. This is especially so when one is crossing over international borders. It is also so when one is detained by law enforcement for whatever reason. In short, one should always carry some means of identification. If one is traveling internationally, one should make sure they have ample & full documentation of who they are!
The issue, as Mr. Dunphy points out, is that once detained for suspected criminal activity, it is not only reasonable for law enforcement to expect to be able to identify someone through documentation they provide or other means available to law enforcement, it is extremely unreasonable for someone to think they have no obligation to do so.
Many say illegal aliens will not report crimes if they fear police action against them because they are here illegally. The truth is, if one could actually be permitted to do a full study (and not one conducted by a partisan group pushing their cause.. which is what we are typically fed by the media & certain special interest groups), I believe we would find that many, many illegal aliens are not reporting crimes anyway. I think they live in fear of gangs, human traffickers, & thugs, and they fear if they do report someone, they will “get it” in the middle of the night or a member of their family will be targeted.
In the end, calling for laws to go unenforced is a tactic used by some seeking “special” treatment because they know as one who has committed a crime, they are susceptible to the consequences of their actions once discovered. No person or group can justify demanding law enforcement only selectively enforce America’s laws, just because that person or group think their actions are magically justified by some social cause! We must enforce laws based on the good for ALL of society, not just one select group. America cannot try to establish special circumstances for any & all who think their cause is a magically justifiable reason they should be excluded from obeying the law.
We already have numerous government officials and extremely wealthy person demanding they be treated specially because they have money or they have connections. These special circumstance situations are unfair to the rest of the nation who obey the laws of the land. And, its also unfair to those visitors to America who also obey our laws. If they are expected and can find the time & heart to treat the nation whose guest they are with respect, so to can illegal aliens do the same & be expected to pay the consequences if they do not!
It is NOT racial no matter how hard activists try to portray it as such. The issue is simply, obey the law, expect to pay the consequences if you do not, and get right with the law by returning to your native land and applying to come here legally!
It may be cumbersome & difficult, but isn’t American citizenship or legal residence worth it? Apparently it is when one gets the paycheck they came here to get!
