U.S. citizens who are applauding Arizona’s efforts to put a lid on illegal immigration in that state are not thinking things through. For instance, the probability that we can have 50 different versions of who exactly is an “illegal alien” and what is “reasonable cause.” I mention this because each state of the United States has its own, distinct culture, as reflected by the clothes we wear and the way we speak. Each state in the union has a different definition of “foreigner.” It’s possible, if not likely, that my Texas way of speaking, yes, that Texas twang, will irritate someone one day, maybe a New York City cop who doesn’t like Texans anyway, who arrests me for not carrying proof of U.S. citizenship. Read more …