Border Enforcement: The Feds Fail So Arizona Acts

SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 2010 AT 11:47PM

Today we bear witness to yet another example where the federal government has fa
iled. And in the wake of that failure, Arizonans, whose state budget, quality o
f life and safety of citizens has been challenged as a direct result of these fe
deral government failures.
Arizona undertook a proactive approach enacting its own Plan for Border Enforcem
ent and Immigration enforcement measures. Governor Jan Brewer's signing of that
law, has been followed by the lame stream media's relentless barrage of assault
as "racist and bigoted."
President Barack Obama characterized the new law "misguided" and has instructed
the Justice Department to examine it's legality, followed by swift finger pointi
ng, where he blames the congress for its failure to act with an immigration refo
rm bill.
A steady diet of blather, drama and diatribes continues from the likes of MSNBC
, CBS, ABC and NBC. The ranting of fears, abuse and racial profiling now carry t
he day, barbed with name-calling, vicious attacks and vitriol from those in oppo
sition.
â We can't walk to school any more. We can't be in the streets anymore without the
"pigs" (sic) thinking we're illegal immigrants,â said Emilio Almodovar, a 13-year
-old American citizen from Phoenix told a reporter.
"Pigs" Such descriptors lend themselves to the suggestion that perhaps Emilio
is no stranger to contact with area Law Enforcement. context is everything, Emil
io. The law Governor Brewer signed is consistent with Federal law as Maricopa C
ounty Sheriff Joe Arpaio aptly points out to Fox News,
Nothing new for the Granite State. In 2005 this very issue visited the Granite S
tate when Chief W. Garrett Chamberlain of the New Ipswich Police Department appr
ehended illegal aliens. This was not the first time. Having discovered illegal
aliens in town on prior numerous occasions, New Ipswich Officers found their eff
orts continuously thwarted by the continued apathy of Immigration Agents. We sa
w this unfold in Hudson not too long thereafter.
The media, courts,and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, (ICE) and our own st
ate lawmakers have lost touch with the larger salient issue: It is a crime to cr
oss America's Borders without following the laws established by our nation. For
mer State Representative Hector Velez weighed in saying, "none of these guys wer
e looking for anything except hard work. You ask me, some people are afraid of
the unknown." Unknown? It is a crime, Hector. Persons not present lawfully are
here unlawfully. Why is that so widely ignored!
Suddenly, the lame stream media has gone mute about the murder of 58 year-old Ar
izona Rancher Robert Krenz in Cochise County. Why do citizens have to tolerate
Burglary? Why do citizens have to tolerate robbery, murder, drug dealing, excess
ive drain on the states' infrastructure, property destruction, kidnapping, and a
ll the other trappings associated with illegal border incursions and the activit
ies they sometimes bring.
One of the biggest fears for open border advocates is the likelihood that other
states might follow Arizona. That is a reasonable fear when the Feds systemicall
y drop the ball.
We are a nation of immigrants. The eclectic nature of who we are and where we c
ame from is not in dispute. Many enter seeking opportunity and prosperity for t
hemselves and their families. However, to come here crossing the border illegal
ly, hence, committing an ilegal act, does not square with the "law-abiding" argu
ment. Law-abiding illegal immigrants. Last time I checked, that fits the defini
tion of oxymoron.
So we have all of these illegal aliens here...Do we then turn a blind eye, and t
ell the Indian and Pakistani people who come here LEGALLY, following all the rul
es, "Hey, you folks are chumps! you should have come here by way of Mexico!" We
might as well! When we turn away from illegals that is essentially what we are d
oing.
Like so many others, my family emigrated from Europe and followed the rules. It
's time for our southern neighbors wanting a place in American society to do the
same.
Arizonans simply asked the Federal Government to do their job and secure the bor
der. President Obama failed, as did the Congress. Now the finger is being poin
ted and still nothing is being done. Arizonans, desperately needing a solution a
cted, in their own self-interest. In any legal action arising, the federal gove
rnment will continue to cling to the yoke of federal authority, arguing that bor
der control is their exclusive domain. But rightfully so, Arizona can assert, no
t only a 10th Amendment right to enact laws to protect its citizens, but Arizona
should also argue that the ambit of Federal Government ICE enforcement has been
such an abysmal failure that it ceded its exclusivity by derelection.
When congressional members talk about comprehensive immigration reform, such tal
k is mere lip service to the issue and means the status quo will be maintained.
While illegal immigration might seem on its face not to be much of a New Hampshi
re issue, let us not forget the New Ipswich or Hudson incidents.
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