Shakira "Deeply Concerned" about Immigration Law

Colombian singer Shakira is expected to visit Phoenix on Thursday over concerns that a sweeping new state law cracking down on illegal immigration will lead to racial profiling.

Trevor Nielson, the Grammy-winner's political and philanthropic adviser, says Shakira plans to meet privately with Phoenix's police chief and mayor to learn more about how the law will be implemented if it goes into effect this summer.

Republican Gov. Jan Brewer signed the law Friday. It makes it a state crime to be in the U.S. illegally and directs police to question people about their immigration status if there is reason to suspect they're illegal immigrants.

Nielson says Shakira "is deeply concerned about the impact of this law on hardworking Latino families" and wants to ensure that people in Arizona aren't being targeted because of their ethnicity.

Nielson says Shakira also plans to meet with Hispanic families in Phoenix to see how they'd be affected by the law.

[Eddiespaghetti007]

Lets pretend that for many decades workers were aloud to come into 'your' country on work visas and return after the season was over to their motherland with a substantial amount of money that they wouldn't have been able to make in their own country. (1940-1975)

But over the decades, your government starts ignoring the laws on the book concerning who gets to be inside their borders legally and instead panders to the corporate contributions being deposited into their bank accounts. And what if eventually the immigrant workers decide not to abide to the law of the land and not leave after their visa has expired once they realize no one is pursuing their infractions of the law in this foreign country they work in.

So your government, run by two influential parties that constantly fight each others agenda just to further their own perceptions of what a future America is going to be like that hopefully will benefit their party the most, does nothing to enforce its own laws on the federal books despite the constant clamor over the decades from the citizens of the country that elected them into office in the first place.

Lets pretend that on TWO previous occasions a President of this country (one from each party) gave amnesty to over ten million people each time with the promise to it's citizens that "IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN!" (1976-Carter..1986-Reagan)

But over the years the enforcement of these laws erode away despite your constant screaming voice to your elected representative in a futile attempt since 'THEY' have no need to patronize you anymore now that they are now in office. They are instead influenced by the mega billion dollar corporate empires that are throwing millions of dollars at EACH party to make sure their agenda is priority over the voters. No matter WHO gets elected into office, their corporate agenda will be perpetrated.

Now picture this, the only time your elected official wants to hear from you is when they are up for reelection the upcoming year, and suddenly this person has changed for the better and is now your best friend and "Understands Your Concerns" ...promising to vote the way you want them to once in office. After a few years of disappointment and no change from who you elected, a representative from the other party is elected into the office of your district and nothing changes once again! The people of this country start to realize over time that there's still a robber at their door! Even though they may have a different mask on, the results are the same!

Picture once again that this whole country is represented by every nationality and race of the world we live in. A country in which for hundreds of years there was a line of smiling faces waiting to become a member of this society willing to put in whatever it may take to become a viable asset and give a contribution to this growing country all in the legal way!

But when the situation arises of an illegal alien invasion on this sovereign nations border that is perpetrated by many different countries all using the same easy unsecured entrance into said country, the opposition singles out the fact that it's a racial issue. Even though this country is more diverse than any country in the world with all colors and races represented, a certain race is singled out as racist when they ask the elected officials to enforce the previous amnesty laws that were pushed onto the voting citizens of this country on many occasions before. The fact is ignored that every race in this country is represented in the outcry of opposition to this new amnesty, but in fact they single out the majority race as the obstacle to their infiltrating agenda!

We NEED to vote out every career politician from office NOW! It's not 1840 anymore and Washington isn't a 6 week ride away! We can speak for ourselves! Vote in someone completely new that listens to what we want!

Copy/Paste everywhere if you agree-Eddiespaghetti007

[DefenderOfLiberty]

Good post.

[maxtruthwolf]

Shakira is a dumb f-ing prostitute who should go back to Columbia, It's amazing to me how all the Latino's in America don't believe in abiding by LAWS. If the Latino's don't like American LAWS on English Language then they all should shut the Fk. up and climb back into the filthy Latino country they came from. Everybody-should boycott Shak-whora's music until she wants to abide by US laws. WE can't afford to feed and house the world's, Latino criminals, drug gangs, and lousy singers and musicians. Shakira-GET THE HELL OUT OF AMERICA ******.

[DefenderOfLiberty]

Hey man, cut the racist **** out. Shakira is a beautiful woman in the sense that she has donated massively to charity, she has the intentions of a good hearted human being, unlike those who provoke racist behaviors. Oh and she is not a lousy singer, you clearly have no listened to her songs.

She has good reason to be concerned.
I am too concerned as any human being with an ounce of common sense. Just because some member of the gov says they will assure they will not target people of color does not mean they won't. There have been cases in the past in which regular citizens were arrested and detained/harassed by the police because of their potential immigration status.

Before jumping into your ad-hominid attacks, think. Illegal Immigration is a problem yes? But WRONG methods of enforcement can create another problem FAR worse than the original!

[DefenderOfLiberty]

I'm obviously not saying that the bill is 100% bad, but as for most bills, whether it's Obamacare or this, there is reason to have concerns.

[brandy04]

Instead of meeting with the police chief and mayor, Why doesn't she meet with Obama ( the president she supported ) and ask him why the federal government is not doing what they should be doing. This is the federal gov't job. She should stick to doing what she does best ( singing and shaking her butt )

[lindyjane23]

Shakira needs to stay out of this, she is a moron, also not even a citizen of our country, she is doing this for free publicity and to make sure her records have an audience here

[RoboBlogger]

Who cares? She's Columbian. Sing her a#* back farther South.

[TVO1CITW]

She will have a better chance of converting Ricky Martin to heterosexual than changing the views of red blooded Americans on this issue.

[Chesley31]

Why is it that every celebrity suddenly believes that they own the moral compass of the U. S.? They all believe that some god somewhere has appointed them alone to command each and every one of us in what we should believe and how we should act. It is astounding that there is so much ego after one has 15 minutes of fame and has made $.50.

[reasoned1955]

Cripe. Another celebrity, driving way out of her lane, is now injecting herself into our political forum. Even worse, this so-called mainstream media outlet is giving her coverage. Worst of all, I read the story. I know better. Anything involving Katie Couric is pop-culture reporting or a view from the cheerleader squad.

[ellensmithee]

It's the law. People here illegally must leave. They are criminals. They are breaking the law. It's that simple, Shakira.
Passports and visas don't lie.

[DefenderOfLiberty]

So everyone should carry their passports and visas everywhere?
Hmm does not seem very free to me, if I one day forget to carry and get stopped by cops. I would hate to be in such a situation.

[marbru-2009]

The issue here is "illegal" immigrants. If they want the perks of being an American citizen, benefits, jobs, etc. then they should follow the procedures to become a naturalized citizen. If not, they shouldn't be complaining. As an American, I wouldn't expect another country such as Germany, etc. to give me the benefits that German-born citizens have, and if I were to live there for any length of time, it would be my responsiblity to learn their language. Get real folks - it doesn't take a brain surgeon to understand this.

[reasoned1955]

Exactly! Good post.