How Do You Solve A Racial Problem... -Wednesday, September 17, 2003 -2:46 am-
...without sounding like a racist. Today, I came face to face with the apparently growing problem of illegal Mexican immigrants in Columbus. So I guess the problem really isn't a racial one but a social or legal one. Whatever. It's still bloody hard to talk about the issue without sounding like a racist.
I suppose I should back up. One of my best friends was in a car accident today. She was stopped at a grid-locked intersection, just behind the stop bar, as she should have been. The light was still green, and she was hit from behind by some who never even touched the brakes. When the police arrived, no one in the guilty car had a license. Or spoke english. Or had US citizenship. So there's no way for the insurance or courts to contact the driver as soon as he leaves the scene. The police officer says that this is becoming a large problem in Columbus. We have several tens of thousands of illegal aliens with no ID, no permanent place of residence, and therefore, no accountability under the law.
How do you deal with this. You can't arrest every mexican on sight. You can stop each one you encounter and demand to see their papers. You can't arrest them at the scene of a crime of a lower class than a felony. They're not going to pay a ticket or make a court date because they know they can't be found. How do we deal with this ethically?
On a more fun not, look! No more lavender!
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