Arizona's Governor Jan Brewer signed a bill into law this week that makes it illegal to break the law in her state. Furthermore, she has worked with law enforcement to draw up a plan to enforce laws that were once broken with impunity. As expected, Obama has sided against the enforcement of the law and mulls a challenge. His Justice Department may work strenuously to prevent Arizona from enforcing the law, thereby enabling lawbreakers to continue violating the laws of the state and nation.
Sound ridiculuous? Of course it does. As most people know, the law violators are illegal aliens. Most do not realize that Arizona has attracted much of the violent criminal element acrosss the border. Phoenix has become the kidnapping capital of the United States and law enforcement is losing control of gangs that operate with impunity. On top of that, wrongheaded federal courts have ruled that states must provide illegals with social services. Arizona has figured out a way around lax enforcement at the federal level. Make illegal residence a state crime and enforce the law itself.
Arizona will save millions, maybe billions, in social service and law enforcement costs. California is sinking like the Titanic from the same issues, yet politicians there blast the Arizona law. Obama threatens to challenge it in court, calling the law profiling. Of course illegal aliens in Arizona are going to be 99% Mexican, there is no way around that fact. However, Governor Brewer should likely ignore any ruling or opinion against her state. After all, to go back means to continue to saddle Arizona with escalating costs and violence. The federal government will do nothing. States, especially on the border, must take action.
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