Arizona is fighting against a two-front assault. The first is of no surprise: trying to secure the state's border against illegal immigrants. The second one, related to the first, has President Obama and his administration using their powers to intimidate and bully the state. Under this administration, the federal government has not stepped up to the plate to help enforce the Supreme Court decision upholding the heart of S.B. 1070 and allowing law enforcement to ask for ID to determine who is and is not legally here after stopping someone for a violation. Instead, the president is using his powers in an attempt to make this law unenforceable.
American Thinker interviewed Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and Congressman Paul Gosar (R-AZ) to get their opinion on what is transpiring.
Supreme Court Justice Kennedy, in writing his opinion, noted, "With power comes responsibility, and the sound exercise of national power over immigration depends on the Nation's meeting its responsibility to base its laws on a political will informed by searching, thoughtful, rational civic discourse. Arizona may have understandable frustrations with the problems caused by illegal immigration while that process continues."
Governor Brewer agrees and told American Thinker that if the federal government were doing its job, there would be no need for S.B. 1070. As she travels around the country, she is heartened that "across America, I have found that people support the rule of law and S.B. 1070.
Those against this bill try to make Arizonans look like bigots and racists. I get so tired of having to defend that, especially since those of us that live in the Southwest are very diverse. We all go to school together, go to work together, go to Church together, and are each other's neighbors."
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