It's working - Part II

Illegals are fleeing Arizona by the thousands if the news reports are to be believed. Mexican housewife Gabriela Jaquez, 37, said she is selling up and leaving for New Mexico with her husband, who is a legal resident, and two children born in Phoenix.

"Under the law, if you transport an illegal immigrant, you are committing a crime," she said as she sold children's clothes at a yard sale with three other families. "They could arrest him for driving me to the shops." Well, yeah! That's always been the law. It's just that Arizona will now enforce it. And you're illegal! Why are you headed to New Mexico?

Lunaly Bustillos, a legal resident from Mexico, hoped to sell some clothes, dumbbells and an ornamental statue on Sunday before her family heads for Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Monday.

"It makes me sad and angry too because I feel I have the right to be here," said Bustillos, 17, who recently graduated from high school in Phoenix.

If you're legal, Lunaly, what are you afraid of? All you have to do is not break the law. If you do break the law, and the authorities ask you for proof of citizenship, hand them your birth certificate, your drivers license, your green card -- any number of documents which will take care of the problem.

Wendi Villasenor, an illegal who lives in Phoenix says, "Everyone is selling up the little they have and leaving. She is headed for Pennsylvania. "We have no alternative. They have us cornered." So why, Wendi, are you going north? Shouldn't you be headed south?

I don't really understand the panic. Even if they're illegal, they have to break some other law before they can be questioned about their status. All they have to do is keep their noses clean. I guess that tells us what kind of people these are.

Incidentally, Mr. Essie May and I have sent our donation to the Arizona defense fund. You can do it online at the state website. If you can afford it, this is a great way to show your support for the courage Arizona lawmakers have shown in assuming the responsibility of a derelict federal government.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_usa_immigration_arizona