"Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Friday signed into law a divisive measure intended to curb illegal immigration, but the fight over the legislation is far from over."
The only reason SOME feel it is "divisive" is because the law expressly demonstrates the will of the majority of Arizona voters which leaves illegal immigrants running. There is a huge market for those who pander to the illegal immigrants. Some sell food and goods. Others sell newspapers and advertisements. Some offer various services like immigration assistance. The problem is that they are all aiding and abetting the continued illegal occupation of the U.S. for their own personal and financial gain. So, go ahead and boycott Arizona. Don't visit the Grand Canyon or Lake Havasu. With trespassers deported and their sympathetic supporters pouting, we can all enjoy the southwest in peace. Arizona citizens will finally be free from harassment at The Home Depot and able to get a construction job or two.
Maybe it's time for me to raise the Arizona State Flag over my house...
Visit Arizona where the citizens all have the right to carry and conceal a hand gun.
ReplyDeleteIf you're on vacation, you won't mind the extra time in the check points.
Just don't forget your passport or other proper papers.
The sad thing is that the people of Arizona seem to want this.
The other sad thing is that states are resorting to this because of a lack of progress from the federal government on this issue.
Can't blame Obama for this just yet as he is only 16 months into his 1st term and spent much time on international banksters and fraudsters along with health insurance reform.
He will need to move on this fast though as things are getting out of control.
Constitutionally, only the feds have the authority to manage immigration.
NAFTA and CAFTA sent food and produce from the US, to small towns south into Central America. Farmers in those countries found themselves having to compete with the likes of Conagra and other giant agribusiness companies. Imagine having to grow produce on smaller more sustainable plots of land as the mostly do to the south of us. How can that model compete with our subsidized international corporate farming industry? An industry that put all but specialized small US farmers out of business.
Those that used to stay there and run their farms now come north for anything they can get. Ross Perot warned us about this giant sucking sound. It sucks.
I feel for both the south of the boarder Americans and those north of the border. We all got duped.
Visit Arizona and don't mind the check points, just don't forget your passport and birth certificate.
ReplyDeleteNAFTA and CAFTA sent food and produce from the US, to small towns south into Central America. Farmers in those countries found themselves having to compete with the likes of Conagra and other giant agribusiness companies. Imagine having to grow produce on smaller more sustainable plots of land as the mostly do to the south of us. How can that model compete with our subsidized international corporate farming industry? An industry that put all but specialized small US farmers out of business. Those that used to stay there and run their farms now come north for anything they can get. Ross Perot warned us about this giant sucking sound. It sucks.
I feel for the Americans on both sides of the boarder. We were all duped by the international banksters and corporations on this. We were sold down the river and now things are heating up because the Clinton and Bush did nothing but allow this cheap labor to enter the US so the banksters and corporations could exploit all of us as their cheap labor force.
International Economics is the driving force here. When countries don't protect their vital industries from the international predators that would destroy them, they end up like Haiti.
This Arizona law would be found unconstitutional by a well rounded Supreme Court. Too bad we don't currently have one. Neither do we seem to have the leadership on the federal level to deal with this social economic issue in any positive way.
"The sad thing is that the people of Arizona seem to want this." It is sad because the government, and you can name all of the presidents in our lifetime, has failed to do anything of any significance. All Obama needs to do is Call Arizona's former governor and tell her to enforce immigration laws. Maybe placing the U.S. Army along the border makes more sense than dropping them off in Afghanistan. So, I can blame Obama since he has the juice to make it happen right now.
ReplyDelete"Constitutionally, only the feds have the authority to manage immigration." Not true. Clinton (in 2006), among others, gave powers to the states to help enforce immigration laws so long as the laws/regulations used by states were consistent with Federal law.
“Under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, federal law is the supreme law of the land. State and local governments are “preempted” from enacting legislation in areas where Congress has asserted its exclusive authority or that would conflict with federal legislation. In the immigration field, the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized three tests to determine whether federal law preempts a state or local law: 1) constitutional preemption, 2) field preemption, and 3) conflict preemption. A state or local law related to immigration that fails any one of these three tests is preempted by federal law and therefore unconstitutional and invalid.” http://www.ncacc.org/annualconf/2008-b1_lawbulletin.pdf
As far as competition and labor goes… Southern countries didn’t have to participate in any trade agreements. They can break it off and charge on imported goods. If we are suddenly selling goods to them cheaper than they can produce them and that is the reason they are coming north, how can you explain the migration since the turn of the last century (well before Conagra or NAFTA)?
Simply put, the feds have failed and the State of Arizona is exerting its rights which reflect the will of the people who repeatedly vote for Joe Arpaio and the state legislature based in large part on their illegal immigration stance. On a regular basis men dressed in Mexican Army uniforms and carrying military weapons and vehicles were crossing the border and shooting at the U.S. Border Patrol and local law enforcement. Frankly, the citizens of Arizona have had enough. Arpaio has been doing this for years and has made a dent in the illegal alien population in Maricopa County. Now, border trespassers are pushing through New Mexico. In the U.S. we have a choice to NOT go to places we do not like. If a gun-toting citizenry isn’t your thing, don’t carry a gun and don’t go to Arizona.
Sheriff Arpaio:
"Ten guys in a trunk. I would think that's reasonable suspicion, "Arpaio said. He proudly announced that his department just arrested 22 illegal immigrants at a fast-food restaurant. "I just opened 22 jobs for people here legally."
Thanks to Arpaio there are going to be lots of right to work jobs available like fast food and the car wash. 7.25 an hour and free sodas.
ReplyDeleteOops! The fast food place had to close due to a lack of tourism. Ha ha!
Good for Arizona.
Good for the Gulf States and their lust for off shore oil. Soon the beaches there will be covered in tar and the oyster beds and shrimp industry will collapse. The beach front hotels will be empty. Those jobs will go away. Good for them.
Better for California.
Are you saying it is acceptable to pay immigrants $7.25 but unacceptable to pay U.S. citizens $7.25? Don’t you think the restaurants need to learn how to practice legally and competitively? If all of them have the same issue, such as low job interest from applicants due to low wages, then they are all playing on the same level field with the same challenges. That is fair.
ReplyDeleteHere is a fact personal fact: My neighbor's 18-year old kid cannot get a job, albeit minimum wage, at any of the local fast-food shops. They just aren't hiring. There is a huge shortage of jobs at all levels and the lowest level is where young high school and college kids tend to start. Why should they be precluded from employment by someone who has willfully violated our national sovereignty? Arizona's law uses the same language as existing, but unenforced, federal laws. There is nothing new to except that the State now has a reasonable tool to charge, process, and convict people who are law breakers. Obama mentioned that he is concerned the law could lead to racial profiling. Isn't he concerned that welfare fraud investigators could profile innocent poor people based on their socioeconomic class as being welfare fraud criminals?
I'm sorry; I don't understand your last comment. What does the gulf oil disaster that killed at least 4 workers have to do with the immigration issue in Arizona?