Arizona Draws Line in the Sand on Immigration (and Obama is on the other side) ...
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From the Desk of Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton:
On April 23rd, citing the federal government’s dismal failure to deal with the illegal immigration crisis, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed into law a new bill that tries to address the illegal alien crisis that is disproportionately impacting Arizona.
And, as you might expect, the reaction from illegal immigration activists and radical leftists was swift and severe, starting with the Obama White House, which is looking for any opportunity it can to shore up the so-called “Hispanic vote” for November. Obviously ignorant of both the details of Arizona law and federal immigration law, Obama irresponsibly criticized the legislation as “misguided” and suggested his politically-pliant Justice Department would consider suing the State of Arizona to prevent the law from going into effect. Liberal political leaders immediately called for an economic boycott of the state. Illegal immigration proponents vowed protests across the country this weekend in at least 70 cities.
In his remarks criticizing the Arizona bill, Obama said that the “efforts” in Arizona “threaten to undermine the basic notions of fairness we cherish as Americans.” This president has evidently learned nothing from the blow-up over his racially-charged attack on the Cambridge Police Department last year. It is shameful for Obama and his cheerleading section in the liberal press to so readily play the race card in opposing this commonsense law.
Here’s one thing we don’t need – a lecture from Barack Obama on the basic notion of fairness while he prepares to grant amnesty to tens of millions of illegal aliens who crossed our border in violation of the law.
The citizens of Arizona need the support of other Americans in this battle as they are on the front lines in the illegal alien crisis. Over the past few years, Judicial Watch has worked closely with Arizona citizens, law enforcement, and elected officials on the issue of enforcing the law to combat illegal immigration.
The most controversial section of the new law, which you can read in its entirety here, simply codifies what the police have the inherent power to do anywhere in the United States – investigate the immigration status of individuals in consultation with federal authorities.
Back in 2007, Judicial Watch partnered with local community and business leaders and “America's Toughest Sheriff” -- Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio on the issue. Our work helped lead to a crack down on illegal alien criminals resulting in dozens of arrests. Judicial Watch also launched a comprehensive public education campaign concerning the City of Phoenix's immigration enforcement policies. Several months after Judicial Watch initiated this campaign, Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon abandoned his long-held support of his city’s sanctuary policy. As a result, even without the new law, everyone arrested in Phoenix is now questioned about his or her citizenship.
The rampant lawlessness emanating from the unprotected Arizona-Mexico border has made Phoenix the kidnapping-capital of the world. Mexican drug traffickers also traffic in humans. The cartels bring Mexicans illegally across the border and then hold them for ransom in “drop houses” across Phoenix until family members and friends pay to release them from captivity. We’ve done an extensive, ground-breaking investigation of this kidnapping crisis – for more details, drop down in this article to read the details of this crisis.
Rampant crime, violent drug cartels operating with impunity, and human trafficking – this is the reality that Arizona legal residents, both Hispanic and non-Hispanic face every day. Rather than doing as the law requires – cooperate with state officials to fully enforce our immigration laws – Obama and his “law-enforcement” team (to include the ethically-challenged Attorney General Eric Holder and the soft-on-border-security Janet Napolitano, the Department of Homeland Security Chief) are attacking Arizona and seeking to undermine the rule of law.
While there is a calculated effort to demonize Governor Brewer, Sheriff Joe and anyone else who supports this bill as intolerant racists, let’s keep this in mind, according to a Rassmussen poll, nearly two-thirds of Arizona citizens support the legislation! And the same is true for citizens all across the country. According to a national survey Judicial Watch conducted last December in partnership with SurveyUSA: The vast majority (77%) of likely voters are opposed to local governments providing sanctuary to illegal aliens, and a majority (61%) want local law enforcement to be more involved in enforcing immigration laws.
The bottom line is most Americans want our immigration laws enforced. And here’s why: According to the Associated Press illegal aliens are not waiting for the law to take effect this summer to “get out of Dodge.” They’re leaving now.
Just imagine if every state in the country, along with the federal government, decided to enforce our nation’s immigration laws. The illegal immigration problem could be solved.
Now those opposed to the new Arizona law generally don’t want any enforcement of immigration law. Judicial Watch does. I can assure you that your Judicial Watch will do what it can to help defend and enforce this law in Arizona.
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