Thread: Arizona Governor: Critics are Overreacting

Arizona Governor: Critics are Overreacting
by Robert M. Engstrom

05/03/2010

The polls indicate 70% of Arizonans support the toughest state immigration law ever passed, and 60% of Americans favor tougher immigration enforcement, yet protests that began last week in Arizona’s capitol have quickly spread to Tucson, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and other cities.

The list of opponents to Arizona’s action, many threatening lawsuits to stop the new law, received more publicity than those favoring the state’s response to the federal government’s ongoing failure to address the crisis on the Mexican border.

Arizona’s new law grants the state’s law enforcement agencies the authority to enforce federal immigration regulations identical to the duties of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. Swift condemnation, threats and hyperbole from pro-immigrant groups, politicians and the Mexican government followed the signing of the law.

Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez, the Democratic chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Immigration Task Force which backs amnesty for illegal immigrants already in the United States, called the law a “serious civil rights catastropheâ€

Where are all these groups when American citizens are killed...raped...ID stolen....false driver licenses.....fake ID's....working without the authority to work......DUI's.......manslaughter from the DUI's....fasified papers so they colect federal and state welfare and child care..and WIC...paid under the table so many are not taxed....we could name more

We have our own criminals in this country..we do not need more of the same....

The Mexican government condemns the approval of the law" and "the criminalization of migration. Mexico condemns the approval of the law," Calderon said. “The criminalization of migration, far from contributing to collaboration and cooperation between Mexico and the state of Arizona, represents an obstacle to solving the shared problems of the border region

Like these guys need to talk... they are more harsh with their illegals coming in from Latrin America..thing is they are not making money off of them