Comments on: Arizona takes immigration enforcement into its own hands again

By: thirteen28

thirteen28 — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:04:05 +0000

I wonder who will be more upset about this – the illegal aliens or the RINO’s who think we should pander to them (because pandering is easier than than convincing them of conservative ideas that RINO’s don’t really believe in anyway …).

By: Big Al

Big Al — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:53:21 +0000

This is a positive step toward respecting those immigrants who legally enter this country. There are many out there that support the crackdown, because they have family members who are in the pipeline waiting their turn. I hope AZ enforces this. If they don’t, I hope the their citizens replace those politicians with ones that will respect and enforce the rule of law.

By: PBoilermaker

PBoilermaker — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:03:46 +0000

Enforcement is key. This law is strict enough to foster change, but there is no guarantee it will be enforced.

They are talkin’ the talk in AZ, will they actually walk?

By: josetheguerilla

josetheguerilla — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:37:41 +0000

Most states don’t have the cajones like Arizona. If federal laws are not passed, more states will become sanctuary states.

By: Miss Ladybug

Miss Ladybug — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:09:03 +0000

Ten days for the first offense. Forever for the second. Ten days of lost revenues could very well be enough of a deterrent for some small businesses that employ illegals. The threat of losing your business through a permanent loss of your license on the second offense I think should be enough to deter any first-time-caught offenders from re-offending…

By: Buzzy

Buzzy — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:22:37 +0000

Of course this just displaces the problem but when millions of additional illegals swamp the “sanctuary States”, clog up their schools and hospitals it will force them to redefine their priorities concerning criminal immigration and their liberal social services.

As a proud “Okie” I’ll tell you that Governor Henry wasn’t a fan of this our bill but he signed it along with more restrictions on abortion. Of course an Oklahoma Democrat is still more conservative than a lot of Republicans from elsewhere.

By: dfern

dfern — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:17:24 +0000

Ten days??????????

This sounds like another example of “speak loudly, but don’t carry a stick” on the part of Gov. Napolitano. Seeing that she is a Democrat, this comes as no surprise.

By: DarkKnight

DarkKnight — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:04:50 +0000

On July 5th, 2007 at 10:53 am, darwin said:
DarkKnight … from your SFGate link:

“But Feng, an unemployed wife and mother of two grown daughters, promised she’d be back. She has no health insurance and said she suffers from high cholesterol, lower back pain and neck pain. She said she spends upwards of $300 a month to see doctors and purchase medication and Chinese herbs to help soothe her pain.”

If this woman spends $300 a month on doctors on medication … why can’t she buy health insurance?

Two words: Pre-existing Condition.

By: Miss Ladybug

Miss Ladybug — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:58:05 +0000

I read something from Victor Davis Hanson today on the illegal immigration issue. I decided to post about it, since he puts into words a lot of what I've been thinking.

By: Miss Ladybug

Miss Ladybug — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:29:18 +0000

I heard Sutton on Hannity this afternoon (guest host). He was trying to say the two agents covered up the incident about shooting at that drug smuggler, and he blamed the beating in prison the one agent suffered on the “publicity the agents’ families brought to the case”… Nothing like blaming the victim, huh??

By: PBoilermaker

PBoilermaker — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:28:28 +0000

there is not going to be much federal government level enforcement as long as Jorge Arbusto is el Presidente.

Exactly. Look at how well Chertoff is dedicating himself to doing -his- job. Couple that with the intimidation tactics by Sutton against our own Border Agents and you have an effective lack of initiative to enforce our laws.

By: Mr_Conservative_Cat

Mr_Conservative_Cat — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:20:23 +0000

Whe it comes to politics – and consequently our future – the media is where my personal focus remains, because the facts mean not a thing of they aren’t disseminated accurately.

Accordingly, I find the reporting of this story irksome to say the least: the emphasis is on the Democratic Governor who only signed it, but is doing all the talking – at least the way it’s reported, and the Republican lawmaker who created it appears as barely a footnote. That should be revesed entirely, so the story starts out about the Republican lawmaker who worked hard to create it, and quotes him at length, with a following paragraph like, “Democratic Governor Napolitano, who favored the so-called amnesty bill which went down in flames last week due to a severe backlash from a majority of the American public, signed the bill into law, but with hesitation despite recognizing the need to put into law just such a bill.”

To paraphrase Al Gore, it’s the media, stupid. The media, media, media. That’s where the battleground is, and conservatives cannot win until the media as it stands is dealt some kind of significant blow that wakes this country up.

The FACTS of the story are very good news indeed, of course, despite the upside-down approach to the reporting.

By: feralcat

feralcat — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:10:44 +0000

Rick, there is not going to be much federal government level enforcement as long as Jorge Arbusto is el Presidente.

By: Rick Moran

Rick Moran — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:26:05 +0000

Reading some of the comments from leathan and limmo, it’s obvious that we can not look to the states for collective enforcement of the law. There must be some kind of federal mandate to protect the borders – even if we have to cut the states out of the enforcement loop alltogether.

It may go against the idea of “federalism” but when the options are little or no enforcement vs. a federalizing and even militarizing the border, I’ll take the latter in the Age of Terror.

By: Arizona: Napolitano Signs Employer Enforcement Act! » Freedom Folks

Arizona: Napolitano Signs Employer Enforcement Act! » Freedom Folks — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:11:38 +0000

[...] Malkin: Pearce was also a driving force behind the successful Proposition 200 in Arizona, which banned social services for illegal aliens and required proof of citizenship at the voting booth. What the feds are failing to do, cities and states are stepping in to do. It’s a damning indictment of Washington, isn’t it? [...]