Thread: Leaving immigration to the feds, Navarrette

Leaving immigration to the feds

By Ruben Navarrette
February 18, 2009

Remember when state and local officials couldn't wait to get their 15 minutes of fame by cracking down on illegal immigration? Well, thank goodness, that trend might be coming to an end – in part because of the economic crisis.

According to a recent article in USA Today, some of these saber-rattlers have lost their appetite, moved on to other issues, or simply confronted the economic reality that local enforcement measures cost money – something that is suddenly in short supply. Others figured out that one consequence of tackling the immigration issue locally is that you foster divisions and wind up – in the words of one local official quoted in the article – “pitting neighbor against neighbor.â€

Every time a city, county or state government approves E-VERIFY it seems to say that Navarrette is wrong:

Prince William Supervisors Unanimously Approve E-Verify

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-146658.html

Thank GOD I live in Arizona & I have a Sheriff named JOE ARPIAO!!!!

This is an editorial from one of the papers that carries Navarrette's column:

"We support crackdown on illegal immigration" SDUT


SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE EDITORIAL

Self-promotion in Arizona

'America's Toughest Sheriff'milking immigration issue for own ego

2:00 a.m. February 16, 2009

Let's make a few things clear. We support law enforcement, crackdowns on illegal immigration and the notion that jail inmates should not be coddled. We're fine with immigration raids, speedy deportations and more cooperation between local cops and federal immigration officials, as long as everyone stays in his lane and doesn't try to do someone else's job.

Yet, along with many others, we are very troubled by what has been happening in Phoenix, because it has nothing to do with any of the above. Instead, it has to do with one man's relentless pursuit of anything that will keep his name in the newspaper or get his face on television or even help him land his own reality show. It has to do with theatrics and showboating and those who somehow confuse self-promotion with public safety. In short, it has less to do with law enforcement than with ego.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has turned his latest publicity stunt into yet another public spectacle. Arpaio recently paraded about 200 illegal immigrants in shackles and prison stripes from the county jail to a “Tent Cityâ€

Welcome OIFIIIMP,

Yes, you are lucky, wish to get outta here someday but can't yet.

Originally Posted by OIFIIIMP

Thank GOD I live in Arizona & I have a Sheriff named JOE ARPIAO!!!! :D

Every county in the country needs a Sheriff Joe.

Duplicate post:

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-146556.html