Thread: Thousands donate to defend Arizona’s immigration law

Jul 08, 2010

Thousands donate to defend Arizona’s immigration law

03:46 PM

A fund created by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer to defend the state's controversial immigration law has received more than 9,000 contributions worth about $500,000, the Associated Press is reporting.

The majority of the contributions, about 7,000, came from out of state, according to the AP. The law is the focus of several lawsuits, including one filed earlier this week by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Brewer created the fund and a website, www.keepazsafe.com, in mid-June.

Opponents of the Arizona law, including President Obama, say it could lead to profiling and a state-by-state patchwork of immigration laws. Proponents, such as Brewer, say states should step in because the federal government hasn't.

Polls, such as this one by Gallup, show a majority of Americans support the state law. The law requires police to question the immigration status of suspects when there is "reasonable suspicion" they are in the country illegally.
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APNewsBreak: $500K donated to Ariz. to defend law

By PAUL DAVENPORT (AP) – 2 hours ago

PHOENIX — Retirees and other residents from all over the country were among those who donated nearly $500,000 to help Arizona defend its immigration enforcement law, with most chipping in $100 or less, according to an analysis of documents obtained Thusday by The Associated Press.

The donations, 88 percent of which came from through the defense fund's website, surged this week after the federal government sued Tuesday to challenge the law. A document from Gov. Jan Brewer's office showed that 7,008 of the 9,057 online contributions submitted by Thursday morning were made in the days following the government's filing.

Website contributions came from all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and nearly 2,000 came from within Arizona. Donations ranged from $5 to $2,000, with the vast majority between $10 and $100.

The Arizona law includes a requirement that police enforcing another law must investigate the immigration status of people if there is "reasonable suspicion" to believe the people are in the United States illegally.

Brewer and other supporters say the law will prompt illegal immigrants to leave the state and that state action was required by a failure of the federal government to secure the border.

Opponents say the law will promote racial profiling and is unconstitutional because regulating immigration is reserved for the federal government.

Donors contacted by the AP said they contributed because the federal government should be helping Arizona, not taking the state to court.

"Arizona needs our help," said Mary Ann Rohde, a retired municipal worker who lives in Rialto, Calif., who donated $20 with her husband. "It's a disgrace what our government is doing."

Howard E. Sanner, of Houston, said Arizona's approval of its law should help prod the federal government to act on border security to help prevent criminals and terrorists from entering the country illegally.

"It's just a mess that has to be straightened out," said Sanner, a retired clothing and linen salesman who said he supports legal immigration and donated $5 to the fund.

With the federal lawsuit, the law enacted in April and set to take effect July 29 is now the subject of six lawsuits now pending in federal court. Other plaintiffs include civil rights groups, individuals and several Arizona municipalities.

Brewer established the Governor's Border Security and Immigration Legal Defense Fund with an executive order on May 26. Her office said the state had received about $10,000 in unsolicited donations from people in dozens of states by then.

It's unclear what the state's legal costs will be in defending the law. Snell & Wilmer, the Phoenix-based law firm representing the state in the pending challenges, told a federal judge Wednesday that its lawyers were working late into the evening to respond to all the filings in the cases.

Citing the crush of filings in the case,

U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton has imposed limits on the size of so-called "friend of the court" briefs filed by groups in support or opposition to the law.

Brewer hired the private lawyers to represent the state even before the Democratic attorney general, Terry Goddard, agreed to Brewer's demand to withdraw from the state's defense. He had opposed the legislation but said he was willing to do his duty to defend the state law.

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http://www.azgovernor.gov/AZBorderSecurity.asp

(This version corrects spelling of donor's last name to Rohde, not Rode.)

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http://www.keepazsafe.com/
Above direct link has options to donate by credit card + information for those who wish to donate by money order or check.

SB1070 defense fund hits $500,000
by Associated Press (July 8th, 2010 @ 2:44pm)

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PHOENIX - Donations to a special fund to help Arizona pay to defend its immigration enforcement law now total roughly $500,000, with more than half of the contributions made as the federal government sued to challenge the law.

The U.S. Justice Department filed its suit Tuesday in federal court in Phoenix. A document obtained by The Associated Press from Gov. Jan Brewer's office showed that 7,008 of the 9,057 contributions submitted to the fund's website by Thursday morning were made in the days following the government's filing.

With the federal lawsuit, the law enacted in April and set to take effect July 29 is now the subject of six lawsuits now pending in federal court. Other plaintiffs include civil rights groups, individuals and several Arizona municipalities.

The sweeping Arizona law's provisions include a requirement that police enforcing another law must investigate the immigration status of people if there is ``reasonable suspicion'' to believe the people are in the United States illegally.

Brewer and other supporters say the law will prompt illegal immigrants to leave the state and that state action was required by a failure of the federal government to secure the border.

Opponents say the law will promote racial profiling and is unconstitutional because regulating immigration is reserved for the federal government.

Brewer established the Governor's Border Security and Immigration Legal Defense Fund with a May 26 executive order. Her office said the state had received about $10,000 in unsolicited donations from people in dozens of states by then.

According to information released by Brewer's office, contributions to the website accounted for about 85 percent of the total donations, while others were received by mail.

Website contributions came from all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, but nearly 2,000 of the website contributions came from within Arizona. Donations ranged from $5 to $2,000, with the vast majority between $10 and $100.

Donors contacted by the AP said they contributed because the federal government should be helping Arizona, not taking the state to court.

``Arizona needs our help,'' said Mary Ann Rode, a retired municipal worker who lives in Rialto, Calif. ``It's a disgrace what our government is doing.''

Rohde said she and her husband donated $20.

Howard E. Sanner, of Houston, said Arizona's approval of its law should help prod the federal government to act on border security to help prevent criminals and terrorists from entering the country illegally.

``It's just a mess that has to be straightened out,'' said Sanner, a retired clothing and linen salesman who supports legal immigration and donated $5 to the fund.

It's unclear what the state's legal costs will be in defending the law. It includes a provision authorizing Brewer to direct that effort.

The Phoenix-based law firm Snell & Wilmer has been hired by Brewer to represent the state in the pending challenges. The head of the firm told a federal judge Wednesday that its lawyers were working late into the evening to respond to all the filings in the cases.

Citing the crush of filings in the case, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton has imposed limits on the size of so-called ``friend of the court'' briefs filed by groups in support or opposition to the law.

Arizona's Democratic attorney general, Terry Goddard, had opposed the legislation but said he was willing to do his duty to defend the state law. He has agreed to a request from Brewer to withdraw from the state's defense after Brewer questioned his sincerity.

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Jul 08, 2010

Thousands donate to defend Arizona’s immigration law

03:46 PM

A fund created by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer to defend the state's controversial immigration law has received more than 9,000 contributions worth about $500,000, the Associated Press is reporting.

The majority of the contributions, about 7,000, came from out of state, according to the AP. The law is the focus of several lawsuits, including one filed earlier this week by the U.S. Department of Justice.

WE SUPPORT ARIZONA. WE HAVE TO ELECT ANOTHER PRESIDENT. OBAMA IS DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY. OBAMA DOES NOT SUPPORT AMERICANS. JUST SEE WHAT HE HAS DONE TO AMERICANS: HE FILED SUIT AGAINST SB 1070. THAT IS WHY OBAMA DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE REELECTED. WE DO NOT WANT OBAMA AS PRESIDENT. THAT IS WHY WE WILL NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA IN 2012. WE ARE TIRED OF HIS SUPPORT FOR AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS. OBAMA DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE PRESIDENT. WE DO NOT NEED OBAMA. HE IS ONE OF THE WORST PRESIDENST THIS COUNTRY HAS HAD. AMERICANS MADE A HUGE MISTAKE ELECTING OBAMA IN 2008. NOW IN 2012 WE CAN CORRECT THAT MISTAKE. LET'S ELECT ANOTHER PRESIDENT IN 2012. WE DO NOT NEED OBAMA ANYMORE. HE IS DESTROYING THIS NATION. AND WE DO NOT SUPPORT THAT.

Originally Posted by immigration2009

WE SUPPORT ARIZONA. WE HAVE TO ELECT ANOTHER PRESIDENT. OBAMA IS DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY. OBAMA DOES NOT SUPPORT AMERICANS. JUST SEE WHAT HE HAS DONE TO AMERICANS: HE FILED SUIT AGAINST SB 1070. THAT IS WHY OBAMA DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE REELECTED. WE DO NOT WANT OBAMA AS PRESIDENT. THAT IS WHY WE WILL NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA IN 2012. WE ARE TIRED OF HIS SUPPORT FOR AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS. OBAMA DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE PRESIDENT. WE DO NOT NEED OBAMA. HE IS ONE OF THE WORST PRESIDENST THIS COUNTRY HAS HAD. AMERICANS MADE A HUGE MISTAKE ELECTING OBAMA IN 2008. NOW IN 2012 WE CAN CORRECT THAT MISTAKE. LET'S ELECT ANOTHER PRESIDENT IN 2012. WE DO NOT NEED OBAMA ANYMORE. HE IS DESTROYING THIS NATION. AND WE DO NOT SUPPORT THAT.

OBAMA NEEDS TO BE IMPEACHED THIS COUNTRY CAN'T TAKE ANOTHER 2yrs OF THIS MAN.

Originally Posted by LadyStClaire

Originally Posted by immigration2009

WE SUPPORT ARIZONA. WE HAVE TO ELECT ANOTHER PRESIDENT. OBAMA IS DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY. OBAMA DOES NOT SUPPORT AMERICANS. JUST SEE WHAT HE HAS DONE TO AMERICANS: HE FILED SUIT AGAINST SB 1070. THAT IS WHY OBAMA DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE REELECTED. WE DO NOT WANT OBAMA AS PRESIDENT. THAT IS WHY WE WILL NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA IN 2012. WE ARE TIRED OF HIS SUPPORT FOR AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS. OBAMA DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE PRESIDENT. WE DO NOT NEED OBAMA. HE IS ONE OF THE WORST PRESIDENST THIS COUNTRY HAS HAD. AMERICANS MADE A HUGE MISTAKE ELECTING OBAMA IN 2008. NOW IN 2012 WE CAN CORRECT THAT MISTAKE. LET'S ELECT ANOTHER PRESIDENT IN 2012. WE DO NOT NEED OBAMA ANYMORE. HE IS DESTROYING THIS NATION. AND WE DO NOT SUPPORT THAT.

OBAMA NEEDS TO BE IMPEACHED THIS COUNTRY CAN'T TAKE ANOTHER 2yrs OF THIS MAN.

2010 Will be a good start , then we will be able to clean up the rest of this mess in 2012.
In a way I'm sad , The first Black president turned out to be such a moron , I would have preferred he stayed a middle course and not done to much damage and at least tried to do a good job.
Its sad he turned out to be such a train wreak.

Gov. Brewer's Legal Defense Fund as of yesterday has reached 700K and is continuing to gain support. She has expressed her gratitude on her Facebook Page http://www.facebook.com/GovJanBrewer

CLEARLY, THIS SHOULD SEND A MESSAGE TO WASHINGTON!!!

Justthefacts wrote

The first Black president turned out to be such a moron , I would have preferred he stayed a middle course and not done to much damage and at least tried to do a good job.

One must ask themself, why wasn't Alan Keyes elected? He'a a far more intelligent and patriotic person than this piece of garbage that is now holding the White House captive. Well, we know that in part, the media was at fault for that, but ask any black person about Alan. Most will not know who he is.