Brewer: SB 1070 fight 'far from over'

Cue the right wing fake outrage machine in....5...4....3...2...1..Ding Ding Ding!

Immigration law is one of the few expressly enumerated powers of the Federal Government to regulate. In almost any other context it would be such a no brainer that the law would not have been passed or there would be an injunction filed immediately upon its passing.

Public perception (thanks to the Right Wing Noise Machine) is a much bigger problem. Everyone knows that the nations' immigration policy needs to be addressed (big secret* - the nation's biggest corporations need immigration to stay the way it is, they can keep paying below minimum wages and get needed labor) - and the only realistic choice is amnesty. Deport Everyone! sounds like a great Republican rallying cry, but how do you deport 10s of millions of people? Plus its just wrong.

Buuut, there is a perception on amnesty side and kick them out side that something needs to be done and though it is sure to lose in Court, I am concerned that many many sheep will think "dang right the Federal Government hasn't done anything". So, they should at least be ready to put out an alternative plan as they pursue the lawsuit.

Shorter Republican Response: Prosecute lawbreakers!...unless the lawbreaker is a big business owner who knowingly hires undocumented workers in order to get cheap labor, avoid payment of benefits, and ensure that workers won't complain to state or federal officials about conditions in the workplace.

Republicans are screaming about illegal immigration (see Arizona) and yet it's the Republicans in the Senate (Lindsey Graham, John McCain etc) who are the ones who are actually blocking immigration reform debate from going forward in congress.

There's a reason why the Repugs in congress would rather demagogue on the border issue rather than actually take steps to fix the problem - Big Business.

Big Business is making a killing with the cheap labor that illegals are providing them with and almost every single Republican in the Senate is in the back pocket of big business (and Big Oil and Wall Street). The way to fix the illegal immigration problem is to crack down hard on these Big Business corps who are hiring illegals. No jobs = no incentive for illegals to cross the border.

But that's the problem, the Repugs WILL NOT crack down on their Big Business pals who provide them with mega millions in campaign donations....so they spend their time whining about the "evil brown people" crossing the border illegally while also working to make sure that immigration never comes up as an open topic for debate in the Senate.

SENATE REPUBLICANS BLOCK IMMIGRATION REFORM FROM COMING UP FOR DEBATE

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/06/gop-to-obama-give-it-up-on-energy-and-immigration-already.php

"Jan's Economic Holocaust unto Arizona Halted at her GOP Federal Dollars Border Beat. She has no plans! Just Jan's SB1070 99Cent AZpost Video Plan. She has no plans! Just another GOP phony achievement at selling Fear Bucks at the Southern Border. Billions and Billions already waisted, because people who don't work, have a "scheme" that does! The GOP Arizona TEA PARTY SNAKES in the Desert T'shirt wearing PARTY needs to end it "human economic opportunity" at the Southern Border. Stop selling fear of the YOU LIE! YOU LIE! Rep Joe Wilson "OBAMA" YOU LIE, brown skin, brown eyes at the backdoor of his America. What's Jan's Plan 21 months later after coming out of that Kansas TEA PARTY barn where the "sheep" said no, and let it go. What's the GOP McCain/Kyl plan now! Just let Rick Renzi go plan! Just scream, just shout, just show America what the GOP TEA PARTY AMERICA is all about! Get the SB1070 Video just 99cents on GOP Super Tuesday!

Two Top Advisers For Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer Lobbied For Prison Giant CCA

Bigotry may not be the only motive behind Republican Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's rabidly xenophobic new immigration law. Another factor may be that timeless Republican standard: greed. Zaid Jilani of Think Progress explains:

Yet a new investigation by local Arizona TV news station CBS 5 finds that the Brewer administration may have ulterior motives for its strong support of the new law. The station has found that "two of Brewer’s top advisers have connections" to private prison giant Corrections Corporation of America (CCA).

"Paul Senseman, Brewer’s deputy chief of staff, is a former lobbyist for CCA. His wife continues to lobby for the company. Meanwhile Chuck Coughlin, who leads her re-election campaign, chaired her transition into the governorship, and is one of the governor’s policy advisors, is president of HighGround Public Affairs Consultants, which lobbies for CCA.
The private prison industry houses illegal immigrant detainees for the federal government. Those companies could gain contracts with state and local agencies to house illegal immigrants arrested for state violations.
Corrections Corporation of America, or CCA, holds the federal contract to house detainees in Arizona. The company bills $11 million per month."

http://www.kpho.com/news/24362212/detail.html

The best of all possible Republican worlds: codify racism, and make money while doing so.

In the spirit of innocent-until-proven-guilty--something the new law's supporters might not understand--someone should ask the Brewer team how, exactly, they do propose to house those swept up by their new law, and who, exactly, will be paid to house them. There can't be many options, but who can imagine that it might somehow coincidentally end up being CCA?

Rob, who, among "the nation's biggest corporations," is hiring illegals to get cheap labor? Let's have some specifics; otherwise, you're just bloviating.

The fact is that the federal government has failed miserably at enforcing the current immigration laws.
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I'd guess that if you asked everybody in Arizona, the overwhelming majority (of all political stripes) would agree they'd prefer NOT to have their own immigration statute, but would rather have the Feds secure the border and manage migrant labor through visas and work permits.
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In the absence of the Federal government enforcing existing immigration laws, quite a number of states (not just AZ) are passing their own. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, an astounding 44 of the 46 state legislatures that were in regular session in 2010 passed laws dealing with immigration.
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The clowns can shriek about racism and profiling all they want (which is not the basis for the Administration's lawsuit, BTW) but the states are going to continue to pick up the Feds' slack.
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Someone should point out this article to her:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/25/AR2010072501790.html

But she won't read it...as a GOPer, she just wants to hate on our President.

The Eve of Arizona's SB1070: The Eve of Destruction?

On the eve of implementation of SB1070, Arizona’s anti-illegal immigration law, United States District Court Judge Susan Bolton, a Clinton appointee, issued her decision on the federal government’s suit seeking an injunction against or the voiding of SB1070.

In a nutshell, illegal aliens won, the American people lost, although we haven’t lost everything. The judge gutted the principal features of the law but allowed some provisions to stand.

Also, there will be appeals, first to Bolton to re-consider her decision and then probably to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals which is the most liberal circuit court in the country but which has sided with Arizona on similar issues in the past.

There were high hopes that Judge Bolton would find for Arizona since she had voiced skepticism as to whether SB1070 actually does pre-empt federal immigration law and whether the feds should be trying to overturn Arizona’s right to be “inhospitable” to illegal aliens but politics eventually prevailed.

Okay, so what’s out and what’s still in? . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1810)

Rob, do you get your garbage directly emailed to you, ready to post from the DNC?

Once again, you prove that you know nothing about this or any other issue. Well, in a way it's understandabe, you don't want to overwork that brain cell.

We don't want to put illegals in jail, unless they commit a crime, a crime in addition to the crime of being here illegally, we want them to be deported. We want them to stop stealing resources that are paid for by legal citizens that pay taxes.

Immigration reform is just amnesty. If they pay a fine, they can pay the fine with money they will get from their first tax return in the form of Earned Income Credit. In fact, the Earned Income Credit refund that they would receive would be MORE THAN THE FINE.

Give amnesty to millions of illegals, and you have a real invasion and you won't be able to "Seal the border."

The New York Times releases a correction to the claim that racial epithets were said to a black congressman at the healthcare signing.

At the same time the New york Times continues to play the race card against the Tea Party.

What a bunch of left wing political hacks. They deserve to go bankrupt.

We know we have rebelled and have denied the Lord.
We have turned our backs on our God.
We know how unfair and oppressive we have been,
carefully planning our deceitful lies.
14 Our courts oppose the righteous,
and justice is nowhere to be found.
Truth stumbles in the streets,
and honesty has been outlawed.
15 Yes, truth is gone,
and anyone who renounces evil is attacked.

California Gov Swarzennegger reinstates furloughs for state workers, declares state of emergency...What is the problem? We have ALL THOSE TAXPAYING ILLEGAL ALIENS. Can't understand it. Raise the taxes on the illegals, that's all that's left here. Those liberals are sooo smart when it comes to economics and numbers.

Rob, you admit that there are 10s of millions of illegals here illegally. I hate to point out the obvious, but since when do we ignore a law that would put an American citizen in jail for breaking it?

If you want to ignore the law against illegal immigration, just because millions have broken the law and the government hasn't done it's job and caught them all, how about we ignore the the healthcare bill and just let people do what they want to? After all, to punish millions is wrong according to you. How about we forgive all those that don't want to pay taxes, because it is just mean and nasty to enforce that law. God only asks for 10%; what right does the government have to steal 50%.

And rob, why have the IRS enforce the healthcare laws against 150 million American citizens that don't want it? I believe that is a larger number than the 30-40 million illegals in America.

Your arguments reflect your stupidity. But, I'm willing to go along if you remain consistent. I know you don't understand.

What a pathetic example of the type of people the trib employs with Retarded Rob, drug infested Roger Morris and the always wacky Don from Plainfield. One would think the Trib could come up with better bloggers than these three clowns but knowing the history of newspaper writers (way left) it comes as no surprise.

It is amazing that Rob, Roger Morris and Don Fitzgerald have they same old posts with nothing new or constructive to say. It is like they are Zombies who are programed to say the same things over and over again. And neither Rob, Roger Morris nor Don Fitzgerald are able to carry on an intelligent debate on any issue. The only way they can respond to others that do not agree with them is verbally attack them as being a "Racist." But I really wonder who the real Racists are that attack and accuse people of being racist in order to cover their own ignorance of the issues?

It is amazing that Rob, Roger Morris and Don Fitzgerald have they same old posts with nothing new or constructive to say. It is like they are Zombies who are programed to say the same things over and over again. And neither Rob, Roger Morris nor Don Fitzgerald are able to carry on an intelligent debate on any issue. The only way they can respond to others that do not agree with them is verbally attack them as being a "Racist." But I really wonder who the real Racists are that attack and accuse people of being racist in order to cover their own ignorance of the issues?

Depot Jim! Read the Bill! I didn't call the President of the United States a LIE! Rep. Joe Wilson did. I didn't call the President of the United States a "racist." Glenn Beck did, Rush Limbaugh did! I didn't arrest a Professor at his backdoor of his America and insist that the "cars keep coming." The Police officer did! The TEA PARTY ran with it. I didn't claim the President of the United States wasn't born in America. Sarah Palin aka "GOP TROY BOOTY PALIN" Because her hips, her lips, her thighs, just got all of Michelle Bachman so "hypnotized." I didn't write a bill in Kansas that if you are caught "winking" or "nodding" outside of your favorite store, you are haboring a YOU LIE! YOU LIE! Brown skin, brown eye man, woman, child trying to go to their car. SB1639 failed! READ the BILL, then get a "Z" Patch, and the AZPOST "Video" for 99cents and two pieces of chicken on GOP Super Tuesday and enjoy! Starring, hispanic, latino, mexican, african americans alike! YOU LIE! YOU LIE! Born in Colo Solo Panama Canal Zone 1936 (birthers) naturalized American Soil!

So the AZ Reps design a bill that they know will struck down in the courts. It is patently unconstitutional. Anyone who has read the constitutions understands this. So how about fiscal conservatism? Knowing that this bill will not pass constitutional muster, they are doing for political gain. Not minding the hundreds of thousands of dollars for court costs. Very conservative indeed. Also, maybe instead of asking for a fence (worst idea ever) they should have asked for the funds for more patrols. Nope, Bush gave them a fence. How is the that money doing now?
Look into the history of running an anti-immigration campaign and see how that worked out for the political candidates. Way to alienate a huge chunk of voters.
Just watching Conservative morally and fiscally bankrupt America.

ugggh, every poll of any sort that I have seen runs better than two to one in favor of the Arizona immigration law, some better than three to one in favor. If that's alienating a huge chunk of voters, those are obviously the voters who won't matter in November.

For your reasoning, I have one word - ugggh.

Depot Jim! Read the Bill! I didn't call the President of the United States a LIE! Rep. Joe Wilson did. I didn't call the President of the United States a "racist." Glenn Beck did, Rush Limbaugh did! I didn't arrest a Professor at his backdoor of his America and insist that the "cars keep coming." The Police officer did! The TEA PARTY ran with it. I didn't claim the President of the United States wasn't born in America. Sarah Palin aka "GOP TROY BOOTY PALIN" Because her hips, her lips, her thighs, just got all of Michelle Bachman so "hypnotized." I didn't write a bill in Kansas that if you are caught "winking" or "nodding" outside of your favorite store, you are haboring a YOU LIE! YOU LIE! Brown skin, brown eye man, woman, child trying to go to their car. SB1639 failed! READ the BILL, then get a "Z" Patch, and the AZPOST "Video" for 99cents and two pieces of chicken on GOP Super Tuesday and enjoy! Starring, hispanic, latino, mexican, african americans alike! YOU LIE! YOU LIE! Born in Colo Solo Panama Canal Zone 1936 (birthers) naturalized American Soil!

Posted by: Roger Morris | July 29, 2010 12:08 PM

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Roger Morris, I am Not wild about the law. In fact I am afraid that if this law is upheld it will give some overzealous police a "carte blanche" to stop just about anybody on the street including American citizens and immigrants who came to this country legally. I have seen what overzealous and untrained police have done questioning railfans taking pictures of trains. Some of those police, not all, have even claimed that the Homeland Security Act has made it illegal to take picture of trains and anyone with a camera is a 'suspicious" person. The interpretation of the Constitution bysome of those police has been
unbelievable. No where in the Homeland Security Act does it make photography illegal. That is why this Law is bad. But if the Obama Administration and other Presidents before him, both Democratic and Republican, had been enforcing existing laws and protecting the borders, States such as Arizona would never have even thought of passing such legislation. Many States, especially along the border, are being overrun by illegals and the Federal Government is doing Nothing about it. You even get the impression the President Obama and the Justice Department is even condoning this illegal activity. It is time for President Obama and the Federal Government to start enforcing the law. Barrack Obama was elected President of the United States, not the Preside not of Mexico.

Roger
Crack is bad for you!!!

"Depot Jim! Read the Bill! I didn't call the President of the United States a LIE"

Call the president a lie? you get dumber and dumber every day. are you Don Fitz's kid?

Depot Jim! Read the Bill! I didn't call the President of the United States a LIE"

Call the president a lie? you get dumber and dumber every day. are you Don Fitz's kid?

Posted by: Libtard | July 29, 2010 3:36 PM

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Libtard, I NEVER made any comments about you. My concern is about overzealous police that have not been trained to enforce the law. The Feds need to enforce the laws of the land which they are not doing.

DJ, I believe the lib's comment was to Roger.

Hey, " Free to watch ..", 1/2 of a brain cell in action!! You better do some home work, yourself, and I'll even give you a helping hand, though, you'll probably bite it!!
Here is the contributions, undocumented immigrants make to just two state economies. Do you think you might, now, change your mind and end all of the misleading, distorting statements you are limited in making, due to the over-worked, 1/2 brain cell you have just about, burned out!!

"The most thorough study on the fiscal and economic impact of immigration was done by the non-partisan Texas Comptrollers’ Office in 2006, which showed Texas earned more in taxes and economic output from illegal immigrants than governments spent to provide services.

According to the Comptrollers’ office, state and local governments spent $1.16 billion to provide services like education, health care and safety, but raised an estimated $1.58 billion in tax revenues. Based on the data, the Texas taxpayer made a $424.7 million profit on its illegal immigrant population in 2006.

Fiscally, illegal immigrants contribute mostly to state and local coffers primarily through sales and property taxes, which are mostly unavoidable. A majority of illegal immigrants pay federal, state and local income tax as well - 50% to 75%, according the Congressional Budget office.

Figures found in studies such as Texas’ 2006 study, or another 2007 study by the CBO, which did a survey of all data for the past 30 years and concluded that fiscal impact of services provided to illegal immigrants “is mostly modest,” stands in contrast to political rhetoric that fueled the passage of Arizona SB1070.

“The additional economic activity and tax revenue that undocumented workers provide to state and local governments simply overwhelms the fiscal cost to provide services,” said Dan Griswald, an immigration policy expert with the libertarian think tank CATO Institute.

Arizona and Texas’ economies and tax policies are similar enough that conclusions can be drawn that Arizona may also receive net economic and fiscal benefits from illegal immigrants. Both states rely on sales taxes and fees on cigarettes and alcohol for large portions of tax revenue generation, according to the Tax Foundation. One difference is Arizona assesses both a personal and corporate income tax, which Texas does not."

Source: http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/economy/illegal-immigration-provides-benefits-states-despite-rhetoric/

I know you will struggle mightily with this and in the end, it will be filed under propaganda, since it doesn't conform to your deformed concept of the truth, brought to you by the incompetent, Fox Noise!!
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