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There are many issues facing our country today. The debt debate is on the front burner, but the illegal immigration issue has been simmering for a long time.

It's called illegal for a reason - notwithstanding the softer term of "undocumented." We have a formal immigration policy that allows people to legally emigrate from their countries of origin and come to the US. We have formal procedures for naturalization as well.

We have heard the argument for years also that illegal immigrants are taking jobs that Americans wouldn't take. Want to bet? With unemployment in double digits many places in this country, a paying job is a job.

Farmers are now proclaiming that they can't stay in business without illegal immigrants to pick their produce. Two responses for that. Use migrants with work visa or downsize or mechanize your business to where you can stay in business. No one is owed the "right" to stay in business - only to be able to start one. If the only way to stay in business is to violate thae law, then that business needs to go away until it can re-emerge as a legal entity.

Congress has passed laws prohibiting the hiring of illegals, but it often goes unenforced. Congress needs to take a far-ranging approach to this - and then see that the Attorney General enforces it uniformly.

This leads to additional issues of providing services for those in this country illegally.

If jobs are unavailable to anyone who is undocumented - people who can't prove their right to be in this country - then we as a country will be helping to seal the borders and stem the tide of illegal immigration because there will be legal enterprise for them here.

 

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Did you know that illegal immigration was a crime - that it was against the law to enter this country illegally? DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz doesn't.

She castigates Republicans in the House for wanting to penalize illegal immigrants as if they have commited some type of crime by coming to this country illegally and remaining here.

She even has the notion that they are the "backbone" of our economy. They don't pay taxes and they send money back to their homeland. Doesn't meet my definition of backbone.

 

 

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Once again, Jan Brewer is showing what a modern day leader looks like, and she backs up her words with actions. She has appealed yesterday's ruling by Susan Bolton which enjoined enforcement of many provisions of Arizona's new SB 1070.

She said in part, "If the federal government wants to be in charge of illegal immigration and they want no help from states, it then needs to do its job. Arizona would not be faced with this problem if the federal government honored its responsibilities." Hear, hear.

She is correct. Obama and Holder want no part of enforcing these laws - dangerous and impeachable offenses if you ask me. They wanted the offices they now hold, and enforceing all the laws is a part of their duties.

Arizona did what they felt they had to do because the feds refused. Many other States now want to follow Arizona's lead and enact similar legislation.

Remember we are a collection of States, and not a nation subdivided into States.

This is a time for leadership, and Jan Brewer and the Arizona legislature are leading the way. The feds, including Obama, Holder, and Bolton, are getting in the way.

 

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© Steve Hoffacker, 2010. All Rights Reserved.

The federal judge in Arizona blocked certain portions of the Arizona law  because they impose an addtional burden on the federal government that it is unwilling to assume, or it duplicates a federal provision that the government is unwilling to enforce, or it inconveniences the illegals themselves.

Bottom line, Eric Holder and the President win by continuing their "hands-off, do-nothing" policy toward illegals, and the citizens of Arizona through their rightful legislative process lose. In fact, all of America loses except the Administration.

When there is a federal law, impacting the security and economy of this country, that no one is willing to enforce because it's inconvenient, where do we turn? Congress? DOJ? President? The people?

Looks like it falls to us. Arizona did what needed to be done, and we need to support their actions. This judge found for the feds, but he is a federal judge with that perspective. Bet the results would have been different with a State judge.

Interestingly, no Constitutional issues were cited, just existing laws and preferences.

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Is Eric Holder spiteful, mean, or clueless? He has announced that he is considering filing a second lawsuit against Arizona and their SB 1070 immigration enforcement act on racial profiling grounds if the act goes into effect. That doesn't even make sense.

First the law hasn't even gone into effect. Second, the federal law is stronger than the Arizona law anyway. Thrid, the claim is baseless since no actions have been taken. Then add to that the fact that the feds are forcing the people of Arizona to spend their tax dollars to defend a frivolous lawsuit - or two - brought by Holder.

I guess he and Obama are just sore that someone is actually trying to enforce a law that they don't want enforced. What was that about upholding the Constitution (which included enforcing the laws of the land)?

Can we sue him - or both of them - for specific performance to make them do their job?

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Arizona passed SB 1070 because Eric Holder and the feds refuse to enforce the existing federal law. They took matters into their own hands, crafted a law very much like the federal one, and gave police the power to determine if someone was in this country legally if their suspicion was aroused after a lawful stop on another issue. The federal law saw an immigration officer can stop anyone at anytime without a warrant and without cause. Seems like the Arizona law is much better in this regard.

The Arizona law is effective at the end of this month. Holder, since he won't enforce the federal law, doesn't want anyone else enforcing such a law either.

Holder has filed suit in federal court in Arizona to block the enactment of SB 1070.

Many think the feds will prevail on Constitutional grounds, but if the feds are unwilling to enforce a law they are sworn to uphold, and we can't sue or impeach them for failure to do so, then the Arizona law should be allowed - and so should those of all the other states, border or not.

Maybe the federal judge will demand that the federal law be enforced in exchange for vacating the Arizona law. That would be very sweet justice.

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In the debate over illegal immigration and what to do, one point that is consistently raised is that they have been in this country for a period of time - ranging to decades - and that we can excuse that one trangression because they are established.

Even if they are going about their daily lives, raising a family, and working (although no company can legally hire them), there is no escaping the fact that at some point they broke the law and came into this country illegally - undocumented.

Let's put it in a another context.

Suppose someone decided to start practicing dentistry. They read up on it, bought some equipment, got some patients, and seemingly run a legitimate business. Only one thing. They aren't licensed. Everything goes along fine until they mess up or someone finds out. Do we just look the other way because of all the good service they have provided and the fact that maybe they were as good as a licensed dentist?

What about a self-proclaimed physician who treats patients and has a great bedside manner - but isn't licensed? Does it make any difference how good he is or how much people like him?

This is a black and white issue. It's either legal immigration or it isn't.

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Aside from the fact that SB 1070 - Arizona's new immigration act - parallels and was patterned after the existing US legislation that Eric Holder and the President refuse to enforce for political reasons (and now want to challenge in court), aside from the fact that it hasn't even become effective yet, aside from the fact that it makes good sense, and aside from the fact that Arizona has a right to protect its borders if the feds won't, here's another excellent reason to know that Arizona did the right thing.

The Mexican government is challenging the law in Arizona state court. A foreign country? How do they have standing? They have no trouble enforcing an immigration law much stricter than what we have, but they have the gumption to challenge this. In Mexico, it's prove that you are legal first, then the police will get to other business with you. In America, as in Arizona, it's a law enforcement issue first, and then a residency issue if it appears suspicious.

If there was any doubt that Arizona was right, this should settle it. Mexico is concerned their citizens won't be able to come to Arizona and get jobs. That's the point. Without work visas, they can't.

Jan Brewer stand your ground against Obama, Holder, Calderon, and anyone else. We the people are counting on you.

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It is a crime - meaning illegal - for anyone to knowingly employ illegal aliens. Therefore, employers are mandated to check for proper documentation before hiring anyone and to ascertain that anyone hired has a legal right to be in this country.

The "Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ("Simpson-Mazzoli Act") and the "Federal Immigration and Nationality Act" (Section 8 USC 1324) makes it a crime to employ illegals, but there are other provisions.

"It is a violation of law for any person to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection in any place, including any building or means of transportation, any alien who is in the United States in violation of law. Harboring means any conduct that tends to substantially facilitate an alien to remain in the U.S. illegally."

Here's where Secretary Solis and her employer, President Obama, run afoul of the law - and Attorney general Eric Holder for that matter for being complicit and not stopping it.

Solis has a PSA that encourages workers - "documented or not" - to reach out to her if they feel they are not getting paid fairly and her office will help them get the money that's coming to them.

If they are illegal, they are not entitled to any money because, by law, they cannot be employed.

Watch Solis here in her own words:

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