Come Back To Christian's Rebutal

Here's a link to my opponent's rebuttal.

Christian makes a poor point by saying that the Arizona laws are wrong.  First of he has no evidence to support his opinion.  Second, we have specific evidence that states that there is nothing wrong with the Arizona laws:

[I]mmigration enforcement by police agencies shall be implemented in a manner consistent with federal laws regulating immigration, protecting the civil rights of all persons and respecting the privileges and immunities of United States citizens."

-Janice K. Brewer (Gov. of AZ)

The new Arizona law wasn't created just because a bunch of angry white people hate Mexicans.  It was done because

"There are upwards of 400,000 individuals who have received final deportation orders that are hiding in our communities. Their appeals have run out, and those orders tell them, 'it's time to go.' But, the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement can't find them!.. Let me say up front that I respect the new leadership at the Department of Homeland Security and appreciate the fact that they are acknowledging the INS' past mistakes. But there is no way the 2,000 agents they have assigned to find some 400,000 people can get the job done.'

The laws, are only there because the border patrol can't handle the situation alone, and need a little help.

Also they accuse us for racial profiling when we said that if illegal immigration continues then crime will increase.  Now I must say for the second time that that is not what we meant, if more and more people continue to enter the country, as a result there will be fewer and fewer jobs, as a result anyone who has lost their job because of this might turn to stealing to earn the money needed to survive.

Response to Colin's Opening Statement

I'm going to do a response to Colin's opening statement about medical marijuana.


In his opening statement, Colin has many great points about legalizing marijuana.  For example he said that

"Joycelyn Elders, MD, former US Surgeon General, wrote that medical marijuana can relieve certain types of pain, nausea, and the “symptoms caused by such illnesses as multiple sclerosis, cancer and AIDS -- or by the harsh drugs sometimes used to treat them.""

This is a great quote to support the fact that marijuana can help to relieve pain, and isn't simply used because it is addictive.  He also goes on to explain that the drug isn't actually as potent as many of the drugs on the legal market today.

Although the information is great, some of it isn't backed up by evidence.  

"We believe marijuana should be a medial option for “medical reasons”. We believe con is wrong and can’t beat us because people with medical problems need it to treat the pain."

This is a very powerful statement, but he has no evidence or examples of marijuana being "needed" to treat pain.  Finally, I believe he could have found a few more details to support the legalization of marijuana, although he did give us a very strong argument, this is still only one example.

Debate Response

First of all, our opponents said that our economy is benefited by illegal immigration.  But we have statistics that prove that not true.

"...the net fiscal cost of immigration ranges from $11 billion to $22 billion per year, with most government expenditures on immigrants coming from state and local coffers, while most taxes paid by immigrants go to the federal treasury."

-Center of Immigration Studies.  October 24 2007

It is clear that Immigration is more of a burden then a benefit.  After this they go on to say that they take jobs that Americans don't want, there is no statistics or evidence to back up, and anyway if someone is unemployed and very low on money, they will take whatever job is offered to them.  Finally they explained that we should allow illegals to stay in America, this makes no sense because as explained by the Herritage foundation in October 3, 2007

"Do not grant amnesty to illegal aliens. Regardless of the penalties imposed, any program that grants individuals who are unlawfully present the legal permission to remain here rewards illegal behavior and is unfair to those who obey the law and go through the regula­tory and administrative requirements to enter the country legally."