Rather than fix Illegal immigration and set a path to
legalizing current Illegals living in America now.(20million or more) President
Obama has decided to stall any kind of pro-active, progressive, bi-partisan
Reform and literally avoid the problem with a DOJ (Department of Justice)
lawsuit against the Governor and State of Arizona to block SB1070 the new
Immigration Law passed by Arizona's elected Legislature just a few months ago.
This is an unwarranted move by President Obama and divisive at best in that it
may destroy any chance of real, well thought and reasonable Immigration Reform,
badly needed in this the greatest nation on earth.
No President, any more so than President Obama had
been elected on the promise of change and unity, unity of government, unity of
the people. However, it would appear Americans were misled like sheep to the
slaughter, as to exactly what we were getting with an Obama presidency. Obama
changed Washington, for Chicago bullying style leadership and politics.
Choosing to sue Arizona over its new SB 1070 Immigration Bill, and not confront
the real problem, with a real solution, has me believing, this President hasn't
a clue as to what to do with Immigration Reform, unless instructed by a
teleprompter.
Now, conveniently, President Obama has time to avoid
the real issues of Illegal immigration and Immigration Reform, since no real
reform can be discussed in Congress let alone voted on until this Federal
lawsuit can be finalized in court. Talk about 'Convenient Truths' there's a big
one, and you can bet, President Obama's advisors conveniently thought it out.
What President Obama doesn't seem to get! He is not doing his job, or maybe he
does understand and rather than confront millions of legal voting Hispanic
voters, he'd rather mis-direct the issue to that of Arizona's new law. Bad
choice as the President of the United States rather mis-lead than lead at all.
Governor Brewer in what I'd call her best statement
to date on the new SB 1070 Immigration Law had this to say;
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s Statement on US vs
Arizona
By On the Net, on July 6th, 2010
Here is the text of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s
July 6, 2010, press release responding to the lawsuit filed today by the United
States vs. Arizona:
“Today I was notified that the federal government has
filed a lawsuit against the State of Arizona. It is wrong that our own federal
government is suing the people of Arizona for helping to enforce federal
immigration law. As a direct result of failed and inconsistent federal
enforcement, Arizona is under attack from violent Mexican drug and immigrant
smuggling cartels. Now, Arizona is under attack in federal court from President
Obama and his Department of Justice. Today’s filing is nothing more than a
massive waste of taxpayer funds. These funds could be better used against
the violent Mexican cartels than the people of Arizona.
“The truth is
the Arizona law is both reasonable and constitutional. It mirrors substantially
what has been federal law in the United States for many decades. Arizona’s law
is designed to complement, not supplant, enforcement of federal immigration
laws. Despite the Department of Justice’s claims in paragraph 62 of today’s
lawsuit, Arizona is not trying ‘to establish its own immigration policy’ or
‘directly regulate the immigration status of aliens.’ Arizona Revised Statutes § 11-1051(E) states that
the federal government, along with local law enforcement officers authorized by
the federal government, can only determine an alien’s immigration status.
Subsection (L) of that same section goes on to state
that the law ‘shall be implemented in a manner consistent with federal laws
regulating immigration.’
“The irony
is that President Obama’s Administration has chosen to sue Arizona for helping
to enforce federal immigration law and not sue local governments that have
adopted a patchwork of ‘sanctuary’ policies that directly violate federal law.
These patchwork local ‘sanctuary’ policies instruct the police not to cooperate
with federal immigration officials.
“The best
thing government can do is to create a stable, predictable environment,
governed by an easily understood set of rules or laws. We do not need to make
this more complicated than it already is. We must first and foremost create a
secure border. Enhanced trade, economic opportunity and freedom will surely
follow.
“I am pleased
that President Obama and the Department of Justice did not pursue the baseless
claims of illegal racial profiling in the lawsuit. When signing S.B. 1070, I
said, ‘My signature today represents my steadfast support for enforcing the law
— both against illegal immigration AND against racial profiling.’ Arizona’s law
expressly prohibits unconstitutional racial profiling. However, words are not
enough. For this reason, I ordered the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and
Training Board (AZPOST) to develop training on the new law for Arizona’s police
officers. AZPOST has completed the training course and has published it for the
all world to
see at www.azpost.state.az.us/SB1070infocenter.htm.
AZPOST has done its job professionally and served Arizona well.
“I will not
stop fighting to protect the citizens of Arizona, and to defend Arizonans in
federal court. I have set up a legal defense fund to pay the substantial legal
fees that Arizona has been, and will be, forced to incur as a result of all of
these lawsuits. Contributions to the Border Security and Immigration Defense
Fund can be made at www.keepazsafe.com. My legal team will not
hesitate to assert the rights of the State of Arizona in this matter. Arizona
will ultimately prevail against the lawsuits – including this latest assault by
the Obama Administration. Our laws will be found to be constitutional – because
that is exactly what they are.” Gov. Jan Brewer
President Obama can save the State of Arizona and
American taxpayers a whole lot of money, by being the leader he promised on the
campaign trail and not the bully politician he has shown, since taking office.
I'm Dr. Quack with the harsh cry of reason, with the
hope we can still see a president who can lead, in President Obama…7 06 10
