Thom Hartmann: Cab Drivers ''Show Me Your Papers''

Run time: 08:29 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H5dyscwz88   Posted on YouTube: June 24, 2011 By YouTube Member: TheBigPictureRT Views on YouTube: 89   Posted on DU: June 24, 2011 By DU Member: thomhartmann Views on DU: 532

 
David Selig, Conservative Commentator joins Thom. When it comes to Republican Governors enacting radical immigration laws around the country - the race to the bottom continues. Not to be out-done by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's racist "papers, please" law passed last year - Georgia Republican Governor Nathan Deal passed a doozy of an immigration law himself. Like the Arizona law - the Georgia law promotes racial profiling and instructs police officers to check the immigration status of people who don't look like they belong here - as in - people who aren't white Americans. But Georgia's law goes a step further and targets taxi cab drivers too. Under the law - it is illegal for taxi cab drivers to transport any illegal immigrants. That means - it's the responsibility of the cab driver now to ask any new fares for their immigration papers before giving them ride. So how is putting taxi cab drivers in charge of enforcing illegal immigration laws a good idea? Why are these Republican-written anti-immigration laws getting crazier and crazier?

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Why not require EVERY business in Ga to see papers before serving customers? Why single out taxi drivers?

We know the answer, because there are a lot of North and East Africa/Indian cab drivers. It is racism on top of racism.