Thread: "The Letter" from business leaders In Arizona

CEOs on Immigration Letter
March 15th, 2011
Senator Russell Pearce, Senate President
Arizona State Senate
1700 W Washington, Room S-205
Phoenix, AZ 85007

Dear President Pearce,
Thank you for your willingness to serve Arizona as a Member of the Arizona State Senate. We, like you, are concerned about the challenges facing our State, particularly the need to address our structural deficit and insure an economic environment that attracts and retains high quality jobs.

While we recognize the desire for states like Arizona to fill the leadership vacuum left by federal inaction on immigration, we strongly believe it is unwise for the Legislature to pass any additional immigration legislation, including any measures leaving the determination of citizenship to the state.

We agree with you that our borders must be protected first, and now. We also believe that market-driven immigration policies can and should be developed by the federal government that will sustain America’s status as a magnet for the world’s most talented and hard-working people and preserve our ability to compete in the global economy.

If the Legislature believes it is worthwhile to debate the question of citizenship, we believe that debate is best held in the U.S. Congress. Already, Senators David Vitter of Louisiana and Rand Paul of Kentucky have introduced legislation aimed at amending the 14th Amendment to deny “birthright citizenshipâ€

I was appalled when I read this online this morning! Pure unmitigated blackmail....

Therefore, we urge the Legislature to redirect its energy by joining us in pressing the federal government for meaningful immigration reform. Together, we can get results.

This was included in my email this morning to the 9 State Senators who defected:

[quote]The “CEOs on Immigration Letterâ€

Anyone have the unemploynent rate in AZ?

I can not believe it, I know the owners of Community tire and have had my cars fixed there for years. I am contacting them and giving them a piece of my mind.

Originally Posted by LuvMyCountry

I can not believe it, I know the owners of Community tire and have had my cars fixed there for years. I am contacting them and giving them a piece of my mind.

Do they employ illegals too?

WOW I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT NO ON HERE NOTICED THIS, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE AND THANK JOHN MCCAIN FOR ONCE AGAIN SLITHERING AROUND IN THE BACKGROUND TO STAB AMERICANS IN THE BACK WHILE SIDING WITH HIS FAVORED MEXICAN PEOPLE . AZ WILL NEVER LEARN, THEY KEEP VOTING THIS IDIOT INTO OFFICE.

One of the signers of the letter

"Robert Delgado, President/CEO, Hensley Beverage Company"

From a bio on Cindy McCain


Upon her father's death in 2000, she inherited majority control and became chair of Hensley & Co., one of the largest Anheuser-Busch beer distributors in the United States

Originally Posted by TakingBackSoCal

Originally Posted by LuvMyCountry

I can not believe it, I know the owners of Community tire and have had my cars fixed there for years. I am contacting them and giving them a piece of my mind.

Do they employ illegals too?

Ive never seen any. I know them well and they are good people however with there position on this issue they cant be too good because they might as well fly the Mexican flag. Im pissed about it. I am working on a letter back to them. Im also a small business owner that has to compete against people who use illegals, so I know the impact.

Board of Directors of the company, I forgot this link sorry

http://investing.businessweek.com/busin ... Id=4719643

Wanted to add this, what a tight little world they have going, this is from an article about Hensley Beverage Co, look who is the CFO. Catch that last name?

This new facility is not only a testament to Hensley's commitment to the Tucson area; this location will allow our company to support its growing non-alcohol, spirits and wine business in the southern region of the state," said Andy McCain, Hensley's chief financial officer.

Originally Posted by KateH

WOW I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT NO ON HERE NOTICED THIS, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE AND THANK JOHN MCCAIN FOR ONCE AGAIN SLITHERING AROUND IN THE BACKGROUND TO STAB AMERICANS IN THE BACK WHILE SIDING WITH HIS FAVORED MEXICAN PEOPLE . AZ WILL NEVER LEARN, THEY KEEP VOTING THIS IDIOT INTO OFFICE.

One of the signers of the letter

"Robert Delgado, President/CEO, Hensley Beverage Company"

From a bio on Cindy McCain


Upon her father's death in 2000, she inherited majority control and became chair of Hensley & Co., one of the largest Anheuser-Busch beer distributors in the United States

Good catch KateH We will have to do some more digging on this...

[quote="topsecret10"]CEOs on Immigration Letter
March 15th, 2011
Senator Russell Pearce, Senate President
Arizona State Senate
1700 W Washington, Room S-205
Phoenix, AZ 85007

Dear President Pearce,
Thank you for your willingness to serve Arizona as a Member of the Arizona State Senate. We, like you, are concerned about the challenges facing our State, particularly the need to address our structural deficit and insure an economic environment that attracts and retains high quality jobs.

While we recognize the desire for states like Arizona to fill the leadership vacuum left by federal inaction on immigration, we strongly believe it is unwise for the Legislature to pass any additional immigration legislation, including any measures leaving the determination of citizenship to the state.

We agree with you that our borders must be protected first, and now. We also believe that market-driven immigration policies can and should be developed by the federal government that will sustain America’s status as a magnet for the world’s most talented and hard-working people and preserve our ability to compete in the global economy.

If the Legislature believes it is worthwhile to debate the question of citizenship, we believe that debate is best held in the U.S. Congress. Already, Senators David Vitter of Louisiana and Rand Paul of Kentucky have introduced legislation aimed at amending the 14th Amendment to deny “birthright citizenshipâ€