People and Politics by Patrick Roberts

Meghan McCain blasts Arizona immigration law, clashes with father John

Posted on Monday, April 26, 2010 at 02:59 PM

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Meghan McCain, the daughter of Republican Sen. John McCain, has blasted Arizona's new immigration law, setting up a clash with her father John who is the senior senator for Arizona.

Meghan - who attended rallies hosted by the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform - says the new law is "seriously flawed" and "essentially a license to pull someone over for being Hispanic."

"I believe it gives the state police a license to discriminate, and also, in many ways, violates the civil rights of Arizona residents," Meghan said in her blog post at The Daily Beast, titled, "Hate the Law, Not Arizonans."

"Simply put, I think it is a bad law that is missing the bigger picture of what is really going on with illegal immigration."

Once upon a time her father John McCain would have agreed with her.

He co-sponsored the Kennedy McCain bill in 2005 which would have given illegal immigrants a chance to earn legalization.

Now McCain is battling JD Hayworth for the Arizona senate seat and basically trying to out-right Hayworth on immigration.

Hayworth's go-to quote on immigration is basically puerile: "America's borders are being overrun by illegal aliens."

Meanwhile, McCain's daughter is a rare voice of reason in the so-called debate on immigration reform.

As Meghan rightly points out, the tough challenge needs real solutions, note more media posturing.

Once upon a time, that would have been her father's position too.

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JJKelly123 | Apr 28, 2010, 09:39 AM EDT

"puerile?" you people are idiots!

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tsullivan1218 | Apr 28, 2010, 07:36 AM EDT

Meghan McCain is the McCain in the family character. John misplaced his in 2008 with asking the ALASKAN SLUG to be his running mate. John McCain is not the man I thought him to be. So disappointing. Thank you John for what you contributed in the past but you have really went in the tank for the past 5 to 10 years. Time to retire John.

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IrishAndProud | Apr 27, 2010, 01:22 AM EDT

And...this is a news story? It's irrelevant. Seventy percent of Arizonans (and the majority of Americans in general) are the ones who hold the real sway, here...that's why this law passed, in the first place, and why more will come, in the future.

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Ajreaper | Apr 26, 2010, 06:03 PM EDT

LOL, Plug the hole? This law does nothing to secure the border it and it makes no secret about that- how does catching a block layer 6 months after he snuck in plug a hole?

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RealIrish2010 | Apr 26, 2010, 05:24 PM EDT

Good on ya Girl!!! True to your heritage.. Proud of ya!!!

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irishwxman | Apr 26, 2010, 05:11 PM EDT

WAH WAH WAH....cry me a river. If you want to stop a flood you have to plug the hole.

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