WASHINGTON, DC – Ugatsha lwezobulungiswa eMelika lucele isimemezelo sokuqala sokuhlehlisa ukuphasiswa kweSB 1070, esiphasiswe yisishayamthetho seArizona, ukumangalela izwe emthethwandaba namuhla. Lo mthetho uzokwenza ukwehluleka ukuphatha amaphepha okufika kube yicala futhi unikeze amaphoyisa amandla abanzi okubopha noma ngubani osolwa ngokuba kuleli ngokungemthetho.
Umnyango uphikisa ngokuthi ukusebenza komthetho kuzodala “ukulimala okungenakulungiseka,” lowo mthetho wenhlangano weqa umthetho wezwe, nokuthi ukuphoqelelwa komthetho wokuthuthela kwelinye izwe kusezingeni likahulumeni.
"Uhulumeni wobumbano uthatha isinyathelo esibalulekile sokuqinisekisa igunya lawo ngenqubomgomo yokufika kwabantu e-United States," kusho uBenjamin Johnson, umqondisi omkhulu we-American Immigration Council. “Nakuba inselelo engokomthetho yoMnyango Wezobulungiswa ingeke ikuxazulule ukukhungatheka komphakathi ngohlelo lwethu lokuthuthela kwelinye izwe oluphukile, uzofuna ukuchaza nokuvikela igunya lomthethosisekelo likahulumeni wobumbano lokulawula ukuthuthela kwelinye izwe.”
Nakuba izifundazwe bezihlale zineqhaza ekuphoqeleleni ukuthuthela kwelinye izwe, eminyakeni eyi-10 edlule, izifundazwe eziningi ziye zakhetha ukuphoqelela izinqubomgomo zazo zendawo, izinto eziza kuqala, kanye nezombusazwe ohlelweni lwethu lukazwelonke lokuthuthela kwelinye izwe. IMelika ingaba nohlelo olulodwa lokufika kwabantu kwamanye amazwe, futhi uhulumeni wobumbano kumele acacise ukuthi igunya lezifundazwe liqala kuphi nokuthi ligcina kuphi. Uhulumeni wobumbano kufanele aqinisekise igunya lakhe lokusungula inqubomgomo efanayo yokuthuthela kwelinye izwe ongathweswa icala ngayo. Esimeni samanje, akucaci ukuthi ubani onesibopho sokubeka izinto ezibalulekile zokuphoqelela ukuthuthela kwelinye izwe futhi ubani onesibopho sempumelelo noma ukwehluleka kwazo?
Nakuba i-American Immigration Council isishayela ihlombe isinqumo sabaphathi sokubekela inselele ukuba semthethweni komthetho wase-Arizona, iyayinxusa ukuthi ibheke ngaphakathi futhi ilungise ezinye izinqubomgomo nezinhlelo ezidida ubudlelwano phakathi kweziphathimandla zikahulumeni kanye nezifundazwe zokuphoqelela imithetho yokuthuthela kwelinye izwe. Isibonelo, uMnyango Wezobulungiswa kufanele uhoxise imemo yeHhovisi Lokwelulekwa Kwezomthetho eyakhishwa ngo-2002, eyavula umnyango wesinyathelo esikhulu sombuso ngokufinyelela esinqumweni esigqugquzelwa yipolitiki sokuthi imibuso inegunya elingokwemvelo lokuphoqelela imithetho yokuthuthela kwelinye izwe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uMnyango Wezokuphepha Kwezwe kufanele uhoxise isivumelwano se-287(g) e-Maricopa County, Arizona, lapho kuye kwaba sobala ukuthi isivumelwano siyasetshenziswa kabi.
Ekupheleni kosuku, icala lilodwa ngeke liqede isikhala esidalwe ukuntuleka kwemithetho esebenzayo yokuthuthela kwelinye izwe. Ngenkathi uMnyango Wezobulungiswa uthatha inselelo yezomthetho, abaphathi baka-Obama kanye neCongress kumele babuyisele udaba lokufika endaweni efanele - emahholo engqungquthela nasedeskini likaMongameli wase-United States.
