Thread: Obama's war on Arizona backfires with voters

Obama's war on Arizona backfires with voters
August 8, 3:44 PM
Law Enforcement Examiner Jim Kouri

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"We should insist that if the immigrant who comes here does in good faith become an American and assimilates himself to us he shall be treated on an exact equality with every one else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed or birth-place or origin.

"But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American and nothing but an American. If he tries to keep segregated with men of his own origin and separated from the rest of America, then he isn't doing his part as an American. There can be no divided allegiance here. . . We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language, for we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Americans, of American nationality, and not as dwellers in a polyglot boarding-house; and we have room for but one soul loyalty, and that is loyalty to the American people."

The above quote was written in a letter by then former president Theodore Roosevelt on January 3, 1919 to the president of the American Defense Society. It was read publicly at a meeting on January 5, 1919. Roosevelt died the next day, on January 6, 1919.

Contrast the above with President Barack Obama's diatribe against a law his Homeland Security Secretary and Attorney General claimed they hadn't read, but criticized anyway. It's doubtful -- based on his rhetoric -- that Obama read the Arizona law before vilifying it when it was first passed.

Sadly, a federal district court judge -- Clinton appointee Susan Bolton -- is helping Obama by ruling against the most important provisions of the Arizona immigration enforcement law.

And so, here we are in 2010 arguing about enforcement of immigration laws and Americans being ignored by the majority of political leaders. Recently, Americans became enraged with the ugly, anti-American display of U.S. political leaders pandering to the corrupt and hypocritical Mexican President Felipe Calderon as he boldly bashed American citizens in their own country last week.
Arizona's immigration enforcement law may make life more difficult for border retailers already hobbled by the recession and long border crossing waits, and Arizona's economy could take a hit from lost business, according to a report syndicated by Reuters on Sunday.

While the political elite and advocates for illegal aliens appear to be willing to say and do anything to halt the enforcement of immigration laws at the federal and state levels, the fact of the matter is that an overwhelming majority of Arizonians support the legislation signed into law by Arizona Governor Janet Brewer. National polls also reveal that the vast majority of U.S. citizens favor Arizona's law with about 17 additional states seeking to replicate the controversial legislation,.

While most news organizations are covering the story from the point-of-view of illegal aliens and their benefactors, economic experts say that they believe the overall trade between the United States and Mexico, valued at around $1 billion a day, is unlikely to suffer.

The new law is being mischaracterized by political leaders, community activists and even members of the news media.

For example, in a Reuters story, the reporter, Tim Gaynor, states that the law "requires state and local police to check the immigration status of those they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. Opponents on both sides of the border say it is a mandate for racial profiling. And they'd be right if indeed that were the gist of the Arizona immigration law.

Truth be told, the law does not "require state and local police to check immigration status of those they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally." The law requires Arizona cops to check the immigration status of those suspects who are detained for an offense other than an immigration violation. If a man is apprehended for shoplifting, for example, then and only then are police officers directed to ascertain the suspect's immigration status.

While scolding the people of state of Arizona for their new immigration enforcement law, President Barack Obama and his minions repeatedly demonstrate their lack of enthusiasm for protecting the U.S. borders and cracking down on illegal (criminal) immigrants.

After years of debates, congressional votes, government studies and political posturing by lawmakers, the so-called "virtual fence" continues to cause more problems than it solves, according to testimony at a session of the House Homeland Security Committee.

In a compromise that met with disappointment by those who advocate tighter border security, instead of walls or chain link fencing, the U.S. Border Patrol and Homeland Security Department created the concept of virtual fence security that includes surveillance cameras, motion or heat sensing detectors, radar, and supposed state-of-the-art control towers designed to detect and prevent illegal immigration and drug smuggling into the United States.

According to a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police, the security contractor -- Boeing Co. -- is installing the hi-tech physical security system. The original plan called for a completion date by December 2009 at a cost of $1.1 billion for a virtual fence. According to the report obtained by NACOP, Boeing requested that completion date to be amended by seven years.

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Wake the hell up America and Start the Impeachment

The first step is to CLEAR THE HOUSE by voting OUT Pelosi and every Democrat and Rino who supports the Obama adjenda, and Likewise, CLEAR THE SENATE of every Senator including McCain, Reid, etc. who supports amnesty and the destruction of this great nation.

Then, and only then, will IMPEACHMENT be possible! Pray we can start the process in January!