“I don’t think you’re going to have SWAT teams out there looking for somebody with dark skin, or can’t speak the language.”

That was the comment of a Tennessee lawmaker who plans to fly to Arizona on July 29 to commemorate that state’s immigration enforcement legislation become law.

Her statement was in response to fears that the law would result in racial profiling – targeting people based solely on physical appearance.

Already, one of her state House colleagues has charged that workers at the Nashville Music City Center construction site are illegal immigrants.  How did he know?  He saw them and he could tell by looking at them.

Ten Tennessee lawmakers taking a junket to Arizona plan to craft similar legislation.  “The majority of the Americans have spoken, they support this legislation,” the Tennessee lawmaker said.  Really?  And what plebiscite did she review to come up with that statement.  Perhaps she’s simply reading tealeaves.

Arizona’s law gives uniformed police officers the right to demand identification papers during lawful stops, detentions or arrests.  Arizona residents will have the ability to report folks whom they suspect to be in the country illegally.

If I decide to go to Arizona, or if such legislation is enacted in Tennessee, I have a question no one has ever answered.  If on the remote chance that I might possibly be stopped for speeding, what are these identification papers I will need to prove I am a U.S. citizen?  Will I need to carry my passport around like when I leave the United States?  Is there some other official document I will need?  Or, will the well-discerning police officer have the good sense to see that I am a red-neck (excuse me, red blooded) American and obviously am not an illegal immigrant.  I mean, I’m as Anglo as they come.  How could I possibly be an illegal immigrant?

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