The Grand Canyon, Sedona, London Bridge, Monument Valley, Painted Desert, Colorado River, Chiricahua Mountains, Superstition Mountains, Lake Powell and every other amazing natural attribute of AZ is apolitical. Yes, it's a bad law. It's poorly written, and drastically overreaches. That doesn't mean border security isn't a problem in AZ. It's a huge problem. Many Phoenix and Tucson hospitals' patient loads are nearly 50% undocumented, uninsured persons. The strain on AZ's social services (such as they are) due to the border security issue is significant and real. As is the increasing personal security problem as the drug war in northern Mexico leaps the border (AZ leads the nation in kidnappings, and that's not drunk, stoned teenagers). That's the reality, but it doesn't give the state (IMHO) carte blanche to engage in racial profiling and witch hunting. But as you rightly point out, a boycott is absolutely the wrong approach. That's just going to make the fringe element that's controlling this debate in AZ emboldened. They don't care about $$$, they care about social engineering, and being "right" - metaphorically and literally.
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The Grand Canyon, Sedona, London Bridge, Monument Valley, Painted Desert, Colorado River, Chiricahua Mountains, Superstition Mountains, Lake Powell and every other amazing natural attribute of AZ is apolitical. Yes, it's a bad law. It's poorly written, and drastically overreaches. That doesn't mean border security isn't a problem in AZ. It's a huge problem. Many Phoenix and Tucson hospitals' patient loads are nearly 50% undocumented, uninsured persons. The strain on AZ's social services (such as they are) due to the border security issue is significant and real. As is the increasing personal security problem as the drug war in northern Mexico leaps the border (AZ leads the nation in kidnappings, and that's not drunk, stoned teenagers). That's the reality, but it doesn't give the state (IMHO) carte blanche to engage in racial profiling and witch hunting. But as you rightly point out, a boycott is absolutely the wrong approach. That's just going to make the fringe element that's controlling this debate in AZ emboldened. They don't care about $$$, they care about social engineering, and being "right" - metaphorically and literally.