McCain: AZ Bill's Racial Profiling Aspect Is Fine Because Immigrants "Are Intentionally Causing Accidents."
During an episode of The O'Reilly Factor, host Bill O'Reilly asked Sen. John McCain if the new Arizona immigration bill would result in racial profiling. In a bizarre argument, McCain retorted: "drivers of cars with illegals in it that are intentionally causing accidents on the freeway."
O'REILLY: Now, next week, the governor is going to sign, we believe, a very stringent
state law that gives the police in Arizona
very, very broad authority to question people. And a lot of people say it's
going to be racial profiling. You're going to look for Hispanics, question
them, to see if they're here legally or not. And it's just not fair. And you say
why?
MCCAIN: I say that the federal responsibilities have
not been fulfilled. Therefore, the states are acting -- the state of Arizona is acting and
doing what they feel they need to do in light of the fact that the federal
government is not fulfilling its fundamental responsibility to secure our
borders. Our borders must be secure.
O'REILLY: But
what about the racial profiling? You know that's going to happen has to happen.
MCCAIN: I hope -- I
would be very sorry that if some of that happens. And I regret it, but I
also regret the -- really, it's not just the murder of Robert Krantz. It's the
people whose homes and property are being violated. It's the drive-by that -- the drivers of cars with illegals in it
that are intentionally causing accidents on the freeway. Look, our border
is not secured. Our citizens are not safe.












