Changes for Nation, but Not for Arizona
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Phoenix Business Journal, November 10, 2008
Voters nationwide may have wanted big changes in Washington, but Arizonans opted to stay the course on the state’s “get-tough” approach to immigration, and they backed the local real estate and construction industries on several ballot initiatives.
Voters continue to embrace the get-tough stance when it comes to immigration, including the defeat of Prop. 202. {snip} Had it passed, Prop. 202 would have increased penalties on under-the-table businesses and document fraud, but also would have given companies using federal verification systems more outs if caught hiring illegal immigrants.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County Attorney Andrew Thomas both won re-election over opponents who promised a less strident approach to immigration controls. {snip}
The defeat of 202 means the existing state employer sanctions law stays intact, and the pair can continue their immigration enforcement efforts, including raids on businesses they think are hiring undocumented workers.
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(Posted on November 12, 2008)
Comments
The crime rate here in Florida is starting to rise. People are complaining about police tasering the bad guys. A cop doesn’t dare shoot anyone. The last time that happened the cop shot the crook in the foot. That doesn’t say much about the target practice training the cop got. Maybe the authorities want the police to kiss the bad guys. Anyhow, there’s a big discussion about building more prisons. Someone said why don’t we do what Sheriff Joe does in Phoenix. I answered something to the effect that there’s not much graft to be collected by putting up a few tents in a barbed wire enclosure and feeding inmates baloney sandwiches. What can you really do when the media is so far left and brainwashes the people ?
Posted by gee vee at 7:14 PM on November 12
The word Nation is broad and forgets that Arizona is a sovereign and independant State of a Union of States. They can do what they want to do.
Posted by Trisket at 8:03 PM on November 12
It seems that the people of at least one U.S. State, get it. They understand that borders and their protection is what a nation is all about. Without this foundation, every nation in the world, including this one, is doomed.
Posted by Bobby at 10:56 PM on November 12
Trisket: Wish you were right, but I believe a judge can nullify the Arizona law. I can’t be sure, but in the past haven’t judges, especially left wingers overruled popular votes? Can another poster clarify?
Posted by Vlad The Emailer at 11:24 PM on November 12
Just knowing that I’m under Sheriff Joe’s protection makes me feel safe. Having good relations with my shotgun packing, pitbull owning neighbor makes me feel even safer; we watch out for him, and he watches out for us.
Posted by Anglokraut at 12:35 AM on November 13
Immigration was the biggest non issue in the presidential election. Both Obama and McCain tiptoed around it, while both were in favor of increased legal immigration and some form of Shamnasty. If given a choice, which the public wasn’t, most voters would prefer the strict enforcement of current immigration laws, no amnesty for illegal aliens and reduced numbers of legal immigrants, particularly during an economic downturn. I think there is a good reason Joe Arpaio is so popular in and out of Arizona.
Posted by Sardonicus at 10:16 AM on November 13