Arizona governor signs tough new illegal immigration law, Barack Obama vows to fight it

  I wrote about the proposal in the Arizona legislature that would pass the strictest illegal immigration measures in the country in this post. This measure would make it illegal for people to enter the country illegally. I know how absurd that last sentence is, I also know how absurd it is that a state must pass a law that reaffirms the fact that an illegal act is actually illegal, but such is life in today’s America. This law also gives the Arizona state police the right to ask for proof of citizenship to those that they feel might be here illegally.

  Arizona’s governor– Jan Brewer– had declined to say what she would do when this bill reached her desk, but today she did the right thing and signed this bill into law. Part of her statement:

We in Arizona have been more than patient waiting for Washington to act,” Brewer said after signing the law. “But decades of inaction and misguided policy have created a dangerous and unacceptable situation

  So today Arizona has tough illegal immigration law on the books and it comes none to soon as violence with Mexican drug lords at the border is reaching a critical stage. Not everyone is happy with this new legislation– the most prominent opponent being Barack Obama, who has vowed to fight this new state law.

Our failure to act responsibly at the federal level will only open the door to irresponsibility by others, that includes, for example, the recent efforts in Arizona

  He went on to say that Arizona’s new law threatens, “to undermine basic notions of fairness that we cherish as Americans.” Barack Obama made these comments in front of newly naturalized American citizens who served in our military defending their new country.

  First of all, I would like to give kudos and congratulations to these new Americans. They became citizens the proper way, they earned it. Secondly, I would remind the president that the “fairness we cherish as Americans” does not apply to those that broke the law to enter the country, and as such are not Americans. And lastly, I would like to ask the president a question. How is it fair to these newly minted Americans and to all of those who are standing in line patiently waiting to become Americans the right way that we would provide amnesty to those who jumped ahead of them and entered this country illegally? 

  The president is calling Arizona’s plan to enforce immigration laws “misguided,” but who really is misguided on this issue? I would claim that those who feel it is appropriate to grant amnesty to people who didn’t follow the proper procedure to enter this country, while the people who are trying to do the right thing are left swinging in the breeze are the people who are misguided– and Barack Obama is one of these misguided people. 

  Barack Obama, and the Democrats in congress, are preparing to push an immigration reform bill that includes amnesty for illegal aliens. They are going to move full steam ahead on an effort to strip Arizona– and other states– of the right to enforce illegal immigration laws and for this we are supposed to be happy? They are preparing to change the laws so that people who broke the law will be rewarded, while those that are following the law are going to be punished.

  Barack Obama also went on to say this:

And so on a day like this, we are also reminded of how we must remain both a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws,” he said. “This includes fixing America’s broken immigration system

  When Barack Obama says that we are a nation of laws, I agree with him. I also agree with the president when he says that we need to fix our broken immigration system. The problem is that Barack Obama wants to ignore the laws, he wants to change the laws so that there virtually are no laws when it comes to illegally entering the country. What incentive will there be for people to try to become citizens by following the law, when Barack Obama is ready to propose eliminating the penalty for the laws that were broken by the people who did not enter this country following the laws?

  And while I agree that our immigration system is broken, I couldn’t disagree with the fix that he intends any more than I do. The system is broken because the laws aren’t being followed and there is no punishment to those that break the laws. We do not need to soften these laws and grant amnesty, we need to enforce the laws that we already have.

  Arizona is on the right track and Barack Obama feels threatened by this and it looks as though he is prepared to try to stop Arizona and other states from enforcing immigration laws by eliminating many of those laws. This is the definition of  “irresponsibility.”