THE PAKISTANI-AMERICAN WAS
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>>> THERE'S A NEW BATTLEFIELD IN
THE WAR AGAINST IMMIGRATION.
RESIDENTS OF FREEMONT, NEBRASKA,
POPULATION OF LESS THAN 3,000
ARE VOTING TODAY ON A BALLOT
INITIATIVE THAT WOULD MAKE IT
ILLEGAL TO HIRE AN ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANT.
THIS IS A SMALL FARMING TOWN IN
NEBRASKA, THIS BATTLE HAS IN
MANY CASES PITTED NEIGHBOR
AGAINST NEIGHBOR.
WHAT DOES THAT THIS TELL YOU
ABOUT THE ILL GRAGS ISSUE.
>> PEOPLE HAVE FED UP WITH THE
GOVERNMENT AND THEY'RE NO LONGER
WAITING AFTERNOON FOR THEM TO
ENFORCE THE LAWS.
I SEE A SMALL TOWN WITH LOCAL
REPRESENTATIVES, A LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, ELECTED BY THE
PEOPLE, VOTING ON AN ORDINANCE
BROUGHT UP VIA PETITION BY THE
PEOPLE.
SOUNDS LIKE A BASIC COMMON SENSE
ORDINANCE.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SOCIAL
SECURITY NUMBER YOU CAN'T RENT
HERE, GO TO THAT OTHER TOWN IF
YOU LIKE TO DO THAT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE COMMON SENSE TO
ME.
>> IN THE NEWSPAPER, WIN OF THE
LOCAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
SUPPORTING THIS VENTURE SAYING,
LOOK, IT'S JUST BASICALLY
TELLING PEOPLE YOU HAVE TO OBEY
THE LAW, WHAT'S SO BAD ABOUT
THAT?
>> THE ONLY THING THAT'S
CONTROVERSIAL IS ONE WORD T
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES.
IMMIGRATION IS A FEDERAL
STANDARD, IT'S A FEDERAL
STANDARD ACCORDING TO THE
CONSTITUTION, IT'S BEEN THAT WAY
FOR MORE THAN 200 YEARS.
IF ANYONE WANTS TO IMPLEMENT
FEDERAL LAW, THEY MAY DO SO, BUT
IT LIKE THE ARIZONA LAW IS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
>> IF EVERYONE STARTS PASSING
THEIR OWN LAWS FROM PLACES TO
PLACE AND WE'RE GOING TO FIND A
SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE ARE
MOVING PLACE TO PLACE.
>> I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU THAT
THIS IS A FEDERAL ISSUE.
BUT THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING
AND PEOPLE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF
IT.
SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND
I'M GLAD THAT TOWN HAS TAKEN
MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS
HERE.
IT'S UP TO THEM AS WE HAVE A
SYSTEM IN FEDERALISM AND IF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S NOT GOING
TO DO IT, LET US LEAVE IT UP TO
THE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES.
>> AND DO THE FEDS NEED TO TAKE
THIS AS ANOTHER SIGN THAT PEOPLE
ARE FED UP AND WE'RE NOT GOING
TO TAKE IT ANYMORE, YOU NEED TO
DO SOMETHING?
>> IT IS A FEDERAL ISSUE AND
LET'S REMEMBER HOW TO RESOLVE
THIS ISSUE, IN 2006, 23
REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE VOTED
FOR COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION
REFORM.
ALL 23 HAVE FLIP-FLOPPED,
INCLUDING JOHN McCAIN, ALL 23
HAVE SAID THAT THEY WERE
MISSTATING THEIR POSITION THEN
OR MISSTATING THEIR POSITION
NOW.
IF REPUBLICANS WOULD STOP
PLAYING POLITICS WITH THIS, WE
WOULD HAVE EASILY COVERED
IMMIGRATION REFORM AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL.
>> IS THAT WHAT'S GOING ON, JUST
PLAYING POLITICS?
>> IT'S ALL ABOUT FOLLOWING THE
RULE OF LAW.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO FROM
THE JUMP.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. FROM A
BIRMINGHAM JAIL TALKED ABOUT
JUST AND UNJUST LAWS, AND
IMMIGRATION REFORM IS A JUST
LAW.
I WANT TO CHANGE IT.
BUT UNTIL WE CHANGE IT, WE HAVE
TO FOLLOW IT.
>> MIKE, WE BOTH SUPPORT
IMMIGRATION REFORM, MY QUESTION
TO YOU IS WHY ISN'T THAT
HAPPENING?
IT'S ONLY BECAUSE OF THE