Have we gone too far? And when will it end?

(CNN) -- A proposed Arizona law would deny birth certificates to children born in the United States to illegal immigrant parents.

The bill comes on the heels of Arizona passing the nation's toughest immigration law.

John Kavanagh, a Republican state representative from Arizona who supports the proposed law aimed at so-called "anchor babies," said that the concept does not conflict with the U.S. Constitution.

"If you go back to the original intent of the drafters ... it was never intended to bestow citizenship upon (illegal) aliens," said Kavanagh, who also supported Senate Bill 1070 -- the law that gave Arizona authorities expanded immigration enforcement powers.

Under federal law, children born in the United States are automatically granted citizenship, regardless of their parents' residency status.

Kyrsten Sinema, a Democratic state representative, strongly opposes the bill.

"Unlike (Senate Bill) 1070, it is clear this bill runs immediately afoul of the U.S. Constitution," she said.

"While I understand that folks in Arizona and across the country support S.B. 1070, they do so because we have seen no action from the federal government," said Sinema. "Unfortunately, the so-called 'anchor baby' bill does nothing to solve the real problems we are facing in Arizona."

Arizona Republicans are expected to introduce the legislation this fall.

CNN's Ethan Harp contributed to this report



Months ago Arizona was under a fire storm because of a Law they put on the table that would make "racial profiling" less of a discriminatory act. Basically the law stated that police officers could use whatever discretion they wanted and ask anybody they wanted for valid I.D. There is already a federal law in the books that states that you must have a valid I.D. on you at all times. So this law brought many to ask if there was a more specific reason why Arizona would want to push for this. As I stated a fire storm broke out, because for many Arizona was targeting people of Latin/Hispanic dicsent and even more specifically undocumented citizens.
I have had many concerns over the language being placed in this conversation and conversations like the one I posted above. The term "illegal alien," has only been directed at one particular group, those members who have been of Latin/Hispanic descent. This is extremely problematic. To underly issues of race, or discrimination under the premise of "homeland security," infuriates me. It annoys me even more that this isn't the conversation that is being had. Much like my post on Race via Obama, I have to wonder if this is yet another example of how far we have fallen from the direction we were meant to follow.
There was only one comment that I agreed with during this whole clip and that was by Rep Semina, when she mentioned that the reason for Arizona's backlash, was lack of control by the Federal government. Yes, we have a problem with controling our borders and we need to do a better job and come up with better solutions before idiots like the legislators in Arizona continue to come up with these crazy ways to sneak in legislation that goes against everything that this country has stood for at least in this century. It also irritates me to argue on behalf of "original intent" to suit your own needs when clearly the Constitution was written to ensure that only a few privileged people were able to support their own power.
Do I fault Arizona for trying to correct something they feel needs to be corrected? No, I think Arizona is trying to make something work for them within a system that isn't working. But I think that there are better ways to go about it and I still think that we are missing the bigger picture- we have an opportunity to have a greater conversation about cultures and race, but yet we are so flustered at least from Rep. Kavanagh's view with the idea of securing the many lifestyles that vote for him- I wonder too, what category a majority of his voting base comes from. Ah ha!