Illegal Immigration Battle

By Semperpapa

This is really great!
After decades worth of inaction on the part of the federal government on illegal immigration, after countless crimes perpetrated by illegal immigrants upon United States citizens, the state legislature of one of the states most affected by the federal ineptitude decides to take care of its own and pass a tough anti-illegal immigration law. And all hell breaks loose.
That was the case on Monday in Arizona, where a bill was passed that would allow Law Enforcement to question anyone about their legal status if reasonable suspicion is present. The bill also makes illegal immigration a crime under state law (which confuses me as I thought it was already “illegal”).
AZ Gov, Jan Brewer signed the bill into law on Friday.

Hundreds of people protested the measure, with some violence against the police. The usual suspects, Christian organizations, promised a court battle. Authorities in Mexico have declared that the measure will “change” relations across the border. And Obama is really angry.

Here are my thoughts.

In the first place, the protesters, once the bill was signed, should have been questioned by the police about their residence status. I am convinced that many of them could be on their way back to Mexico as I am writing.
From Fox News.

"It's going to change our lives," said Emilio Almodovar, a 13-year-old American citizen from Phoenix. "We can't walk to school any more. We can't be in the streets anymore without the pigs thinking we're illegal immigrants."

Isn’t this great? A 13-year old calling cops “pigs” always makes me tear up with pride! But I would like to know why this kid was not in school anyway.

The so-called Christian organizations need to be reminded that the rule of law in the United States is still there. Just the fact that these illegals are a considerable source of revenue for the churches with their donations does not mean that the law can be just ignored.
I am expecting any moment the Catholic Church to come out with some of its famous condemnations, maybe the criminal Cardinal Mahoney of Los Angeles will make some token pilgrimage to Arizona.

Now for the Mexican authorities. Does it really make any difference what the Mexican authorities feel about the legislative decisions of the state of Arizona? It seems to me that the political correctness associated with this issue has gotten completely out of control. Moreover, I would like to remind the Mexican government that they should probably concentrate on their internal problems, which are very serious, before meddling in the internal affairs of our country.

Which brings me to Obama. Our illustrious President called the Arizona bill “misguided”. He has instructed his Dept. of Justice, meaning that champion of the New American Justice called Eric Holder, to look into the legality of the bill. Does anyone want to bet on the outcome of Holder “investigation”? Yup, didn’t think so!
But in the spirit of never letting a crisis go to waste, Obama uses the situation in Arizona to demand action on the part of the federal government on “immigration reform” (AKA amnesty).
If that is not accomplished, Obama warns, it will leave the door open to “irresponsibility by others” meaning the legal citizens of Arizona.

Obama further commented:
"That includes, for example, the recent efforts in Arizona, which threaten to undermine basic notions of fairness that we cherish as Americans, as well as the trust between police and their communities that is so crucial to keeping us safe,"

So the American people can expect the progressive crowd in Washington to start pushing the already mobilizing issue of illegal immigration into high gear, because, after all, that may be the only chance they may have to remain in power after the November elections.
A sweeping amnesty for illegals on the part of the federal government will mean the addition of millions of votes to those who championed the cause.

What is not understood is that the problem of illegal immigration has plagued states like Arizona for many years now. The lack of action on the part of Washington has been very costly for the American economy and for American safety and security. The porous border has brought into our Nation not just people in search of a better life for themselves and their families, but also uncounted criminals and terrorists.
The same issue has been a thorn in the side of every state at the border with Mexico and has expanded exponentially to all the other states of the union.

I am expecting that the DoJ will move very swiftly on declaring the Arizona bill a violation of civil rights, as the expedience of that finding will be needed by Obama and his clowns to avoid possible follow suit of other states, New Mexico and Texas, to implement similar legislation.
(Side note: I purposely left California out because our state legislature has been in bed with the illegal immigrants activists for ever.)

My hat is off to the people of Arizona. As an immigrant I fully understand the motivation of people wanting to come to the US, all I am saying is that it should be done legally.

Just my thoughts!