What are your thoughts about Immigration Activists protesting outside of Wrigley Field during the->C?

OMG Arizona is taking a stand on making it illegal to be there illegally?

Look, I understand that illegal immigrants are looking for a better life, but please leave baseball out of it. Politics and sports don't mingle well. Plus, aren't they just putting their faces in plain sight to be arrested?

First things first- I think that interrupting a baseball game (or any non-political event, really) for political reasons is... well, not 'wrong', I guess it's just rude. I also feel that MLB should keep the All-Star game in Phoenix. I mean, the 1936 (?) Olympics were in NAZI BERLIN, this hardly compares (esp. since most of the law has now been overturned. I've been busy and have dial-up internet with no cable, so I haven't been able to find out the judge's reasoning). (It's interesting that the 1944 [or 1940, I forget] Olympics were scheduled in another Axis capital, Tokyo, but were cancelled.] As for the bill itself, I am split- I agree illegal immigration is a problem, and feel that this law was done for the right reasons; that is, the state leg. just wanted to solve said problem, and wasn't out to 'get' Hispanics or anything. However, even with good intentions, and racial profiling BANNED, doesn't mean it wouldn't still happen (the road to Hell is paved with Good Intentions...). Then there is the whole Constitutional aspect- it does seem to say the Fed. Gov. should do it. But this leads to the whole, 'But what if the Fed. WON'T?' which is a very interesting Const/gov. debate. Again, I'd like to see the judge's reasoning.

Im a huge dbacks fan living in arizona. most people here are opposed to sb1070 it was our racist legislators that passed it . with that said.. i am very weary of the boycott against arizona teams and the call for a pullout of the all star game. but i think people are willing to do whatever it takes to stop sb1070... you can say leave baseball and politics separate.. but if they get enough baseball fans who may be indifferent to politics worried that it can hurt baseball then i think the idea is that people will oppose the bill even more because it's infringing on our baseball team... at first i though the boycott thing was stupid... but thats exactly the point... get people pissed off for bringing baseball into the issue and get those pissed off people against it too...

on a side note.. anyone who says baseball and politics should be kept separate obviously have no understanding of the history of baseball..its one of the only sports that is regularly involved with politics. (jackie robinson, steroids, 2001 playoffs and world series, breast cancer, and now immigration especially since there are so many hispanic players these days)

I wounder if these people are from the Chicago area. I would assume so, seeing as the protest started out with very few people and more came as the day went by. If these people are from Chicago, they might need to consider one thing: they are hurting Chicago more than Arizona.

The Cubs sell the tickets. Arizona does not get profit from Wrigley Field.

To be honest, it's just pointless. These people are affecting Chicago, not Arizona.

However, they do have the right to protest and I do respect that.

Ok, I guess I don't understand. Right now the D-Backs and playing in Chicago. How is it effecting Arizona, for someone not to go to the game in Chicago. Oh no you really showed us. Whatever you think of the law, right or wrong, the D-Back players had nothing to do with this bill being signed by the governor. It is unfair to punish our home town team, because they are playing Arizona. And its not fair to take it out on the D-Backs either.

They have the right to protest. In what country in the world, besides the United States, do law enforcement officials not have the right to request someone whom they have reasonable cause to be believe is in their country illegally to show their drivers license, passport, visa or other proof? As this is baseball, i think that Cub fans should be protesting the way their team has played.

I agree in part with answer 1. The public apparently will set up a soap box where large groups gather, but it really has little positive effect beyond protests to officials who might actually do something beside riot.

Do I agree with trying to close our borders? Absolutely. TX, my home state has the same issues as AZ. Do I agree that this will cause racial profiling? Probly it will, but Hispanics are the least of the USA worries as far as illegals, and far as I know there wasn't one Hispanic in the groups that killed so many on 9/11/01.

Again showing displeasure calls attention to a thing that is probly gonna be debated long and hard, but the people are misdirecting the protest right.

Its not hurting Arizona if people in Chicago choose not to go to the game. So sad. MLB has yet to mention ANYTHING about pulling the All-Star Game. They are refusing to comment. Which means right now its not going to happen. People are hurting the home town teams. The D-back players have nothing to do with the law. It is not there names on the bill.

*edit* I dont know who said it. I think it was a pitcher for Oakland. That is will hurt all of baseball and to take it any anger of a law on any baseball team is unfair*

I know I am missing something. The last time I checked, the D-Backs were a sports team, not a political figure. And wouldn't you think that they would of had a bigger impact, in lets say Arizona and not Illinois? then you just have to wonder what else is gonna be next.

I actually agree with the idea behind their protest, but at the same time baseball has nothing to do with immigration laws. I think the way their going about it is not the best way. In my eyes, activists are always annoying even if you agree with their cause. There are better ways to go about it than by attacking baseball.