Editor’s note: There is hardly an expletive in existence that has not been hurled at Arizona’s recently passed immigration law. To its detractors on the Left, including in the White House, the law represents a cruel injustice – a nativist, racist and even Nazi-like subversion of state power. But as Victor Davis Hanson and Ralph Peters demonstrate in two essays in the Freedom Center’s urgent new pamphlet, Arizona’s Fight, America’s Fight, the attacks on Arizona’s law are not only substantively unfounded, but are symbolic of the Left’s profound distortion of the national debate about illegal immigration.
Putting that debate in context, the authors show that the smear campaign against Arizona is designed to obscure the real and mounting problems of mass illegal immigration and the chaos engulfing America’s southern border. From financial costs, such as the steep drain on public services, to national security threats, stemming from Mexico’s raging drug wars, to demographic challenges, exacerbated by a thriving multicultural grievance industry, illegal immigration has become a national emergency. Against this background, Arizona’s attempt to enforce the law of the land is a modest step for sanity. Ultimately, as the authors show, the battle for Arizona is the battle for America.
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The USA would do well to finally name ENGLISH as the "official language" of the USA. This is forward-thinking at its simplest. Name a Spanish-speaking country that has enjoyed more than two or three decades without descending into revolution/fascism at regular intervals. There really isn't one.
And ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAWS and PATROL OUR BORDERS!
The Administration's choice to sue Arizona for wanting to remain Arizona is a warning to other states that will eventually choose to enforce immigration laws already on the federal books. The Obama administration will eventualy sue America for wanting to remain America. We are doomed as a Nation . Any Nation accepting assimilation refusal as politically correct will eventually no longer be its own Nation.
American Christian Infidel
Michael Canzano
I had to tell a long-time pseudo-friend to go to Hades because she is embarrassed to be from Arizona . It felt so good! I have been tolerating her intolerance of me for years. Zero tolerance for illegal immigrants. Go Arizona and all who stand with her.
Stand with Arizona. Work hard to get common sense candidates elected this November. Stop illegal immigration. No Amnesty. Stop the liberal big spenders.
Work hard to get common sense fiscal conservatives elected this November. Stop illegal immigration. Stand with Arizona. End Sanctuary Cities!!!
The pamphlet includes a statement that has been used extensively in other articles, stating that "Captains of the Industry" benefit from cheap ( illegal immigrant) labor. I am curious about who these captains of the industry might be? Could it be that companies like IBM, Boeing, Ford, Monsanto, Procter & Gamble, Bank of America, etc. who are true Captains of the US Industry are taking advantage of immigrant labor to enhance their bottom lines? My guess is that that is not the case and the entities using illegal immigrant labor are small privately held enterprises, in general small service oriented entities. I think this attempt to link illegal immigrant labor to big business is an attempt by the left to demonize "big business".
This is America. If you do not like our constitution, you can get out.
THE ONLY COMMENT I HAVE IS:
"WE THE PEOPLE" CONFIRM AND SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS, SUPPORTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT!
THAT IS BACKED UP BY THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND RATIFIED BY THE TENTH AMENDMENT!
AS YOSEMITE SAM WOULD SAY: BACK OFF DOJ!
ARIZONA IS GOING TO RULE THE DAY, AND THIS ADMIN WILL RUE THE DAY!
ALL THE STATES HAVE THE SAME RIGHT TO SUE THE DOJ FOR THEIR ACTIONS TOO. COUNTERSUIT BY THE STATE FOR THE PEOPLE OF THAT STATE,
TAKE A LEGAL STAND FOR LEGAL IMMIGRATION AND TO SUBJECT THE LAW TO REASON AND NOT TREASON.
THE DEFINITION OF ILLEGAL, IS STILL ILLEGAL, AND, DOES “NOT” DEPEND ON THE DEFINITION OF THE WORD “IS”
2010! NEVER AGAIN! 2012! WITH RESOLVE!
Obama's lawsuit against Arizona is a watershed event. The future of this great country is being decided now. One can only hope that Americans – who overwhelmingly support Arizona's new laws – will have further reason to punish Democrats in November.
As a Cuban American Army Veteran I cannot express enough outrage at seeing the Cuban Flag distorted with the image of one of the biggest murderers in the history of the Western Hemisphere.
The moment you see this it becomes evident the involvement that Cuba's intelligence services are playing in this battle for America. My question is what are the US intelligence services doing to counter these efforts which most likely are aided by Petro Dollars from Venezuela which ironically we pay Castro's puppet-Chavez.
US intelligence services should be actively pursuing these activities, they should also be investigating the Black Congressional Caucus which repeatedly travels to Cuba to kiss Castro's ass and lick his boots, they should also be looking at Congress people and Senators actively involved in this game.
It is time to stop the buck and it has to stop somewhere, to do otherwise would be treason to this country.
Liberals, imagine living on the Arizona border with your wife and three daughters aged 14 to 19. You can't go on vacation. You can't go away and leave your home to go to a movie in town or your house will be robbed and trashed by invaders. Furthermore, you can't leave your wife and daughters alone unless they have guns and are excellent shots. Otherwise………..
I bet the Phoenix Suns and Harry Reid live in GUARDED COMMUNITIES! WHY?
they don't care
Stand with Arizona!
Hey whatever happened to being able to comment?????
With the cry of "God damn America" still ringing in his ears, Pres. Hussein Mohammed is eagerly working to destroy the United States. His (self-professed) Mohammedan and (demonstrably) Marxist heritage of hate propels him in his quest to wreck our economy by burying us in insurmountable debt, convicting us in front of the world for crimes against humanity, embarrassing us by bowing and kowtowing to murderous South American dictators, autocratic, feudal Arab plutocrats, rabid Palestinian killers, maximizing US military casualties in Asia by instituting literally suicidal "rules of engagement," and, of course, opening wide our Mexican border to an invasion of drug runners and killers under the cover of millions of illegal aliens whose purpose (to the Democrat party) is no less than to subjugate the states of the American west and southwest to eternal Democrat party control.
Arizona and other States have the RIGHT to enforce illegal Immigration.__The word ILLEGAL already spells it out.__Since when is something illegal, it is now at once okay?Everybody should apply by the same rule of legal immigration. Plain and Simple!!!__After Reagan did this once, they feel they can do it again. And when this time it is passed, than will come the new wave.__Than watch, Middle Eastern and Far East people will be traveling to Mexico and come in by that way,( it is already happening) since it is hard to do by plane, you need and certain type of Visa or you do NOT come in.They come in illegal through our porous borders of the Southern borders, get our National Guards out of Iraq and Afghanistan and put them with all their humvee's and tanks along the border. No more killings, robberies and kidnapping from Mexican Drug Cartel.__The Mexican President can blame us for the drug use of Americans, plenty of Mexicans are using drugs in his and our country.
People have no clue . they are living in Obama / Disney Land. Arizona is just trying to survive financially , physically and spiritually. Illegal intruders are making this quest for survival impossible. The remaining states can take a clue from immigration enforcement or wallow in the stench of the "Sanctuary Cities" they have created.
Insanity Rules. The 2008 election results are absolute proof.
American Christian Infidel
Michael Canzano
Bill Richardson, half Mexican and Governor of New Mexico who was given a heroes welcome at the National LULAC convention held in Albuquerque this week, has given drivers licenses to illegals. Now they don't have to pay for health care and will be exempt from the IRS who will come after legal Americans. Then they are given drivers licenses while WE have to prove who we are. They also won't care about buying car insurance either since they'll plead poverty if they are involved in an accident.
So, if anyone gets hurt or killed by an illegal who was given a drivers license by Bill Richarson, who has also made his own STATE law and should also be sued by Holder, his pal, THEY SHOULD SUE BILL RICHARDSON!
I am going to say this AGAIN. General Pershing sent Patton down into Mexico after Pancho Vila's raids into the US. Patton came back with several of Pancho's men across the hood of his jeep. This was an honorable thing to do then and would be now.
Just use planes. Use planes at night or whenever they are coming across. Use artillery on them. They would soon stop. Fair is fair. It's our damn border. Shoot them.
I take it you must leave within that wonderful 20 mile distance to the border. In time your problem will be across the southwest….
What has always puzzled me is They want to come here because it's so great, they may not know exactly why, but they do know it's the place to be, and then…..when they get here they want US to change things to THEIR way of doing things!!