New Arizona Law called "fundamentally racist."

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When I went to Laredo, TX to visit family this year, I got the chance to talk to my cousin's family (who are Mexican) and they agree wholeheartedly that the lack of action on the border is nonsense. My cousin, who is border patrol, can't go just anywhere he pleases, because he has a bounty on his head for working for the government. I also got to speak with his wife's brother, who is boarder patrol as well, and he also agrees that it is outrageous that the federal government is basically looking the other way. I asked him what he thought about the Arizona's bill, and he said he didn't like it, BECAUSE it meant the possible influx of illegals in his town. He said that this should be handled federally, and not each individual state.

I asked him if he felt whether the bill or anything comparable was racist -- He jokingly said don't let gringo guilt get to me.

I argued that with them, but they said that it wasn't right to get rid of the system. I don't understand why people think it's ok that people are dying and living in terror because of a weed. I wanted to tell them that I really thought the government was in on the money scheme, but that would have raised too many eyebrows of people I just met. To them, weed is as bad as crack. I viewed his views as being just as bad as the inactivity of the government. Doesn't he know that there is war knocking at his door?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYhzXBUgJJk

I'd like to see marijuana legalized before everything else, I feel it's important to change the system the least amount possibly. If it works, why go overboard?