On the recordMay 5, 2010
When it comes to the subject of immigration, The New York Times is fast losing its credibility. A New York Times editorial says the new Arizona immigration law turns all the State's citizens into criminal suspects. Of course, that is an unbelievable exaggeration. The New York Times says the law requires police officers to question anyone who looks like an illegal immigrant. Actually, it doesn't require anyone to do anything except obey the law. The New York Times says that Arizona should welcome and assimilate all newcomers, making no distinction between illegal and legal immigrants. Maybe from a New York City skyscraper it is hard to see the border violence, the human smuggling, the drug trafficking, the lost jobs and the crowded schools, much of it caused by those who break our immigration laws.
