Arizona Governor Questions President on Immigration « Row 2, Sea. Welcomes AZ Governor Jan Brewer to the White House With SB1070 P. SEIU Local 32BJ members and immigration reform activists rally against AZ's SB1070 outside the White House. When Arizona Governor Jan Brewer met with President Obama at the White House this morning, she was greeted by hundreds of protestors - including SEIU members - rallying against Arizona's draconian and anti-immigrant bill, SB1070. Check out the video from today's event: According to SEIU Executive VP Eliseo Medina, the bill was "largely designed to energize the Republican Party base during primary season at the expense of immigrants. This political gamesmanship will cost her state and local communities dearly in these difficult economic times, but do nothing to solve the immigration crisis.
" Medina went on to say, "It's time for Republicans and Democrats in Congress and the White House to prove that they are truly committed to fixing our broken immigration system and are willing to put politics aside to lead on this critical issue. Speak out against Arizona's immigration law. Right Wing: Brewer-Obama Immigration Summit a Fence to Nowhere - Morning Links: President Obama to Meet Jan Brewer Today, Tony Ha. Oil, Immigration, Romanoff: Is the Obama Administration Falling.
In any other month, having a meeting with the Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer about her state's controversial immigration law might seem like the biggest political land mine of the day. But not for President Obama, who not only has the worst oil spill in U.S. history to deal with but faces growing criticism of the White House's past dealings with potential Senate candidates. The White House released a statement this morning defending its actions regarding former Colorado state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff and his bid for the Senate. It had recently come to light that deputy White House chief of staff Jim Messina had reached out to Romanoff before he announced his decision to run to test his potential interest in other job offers.
"Messina wanted to determine if it was possible to avoid a costly battle between two supporters," said White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, adding that "there was no offer of a job" after Romanoff made it clear he was determined to run. Top Stories: Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, Obama discuss illegal immi. Arizona governor signs immigration bill. Arizona immigration bill becomes law Executive order requires training on implementing law without racial profilingMeasure "threatens to undermine basic notions of fairness," Obama saysBill requires immigrants to carry papers at all times Phoenix, Arizona (CNN) -- Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed a bill Friday that requires police in her state to determine whether a person is in the United States legally, which critics say will foster racial profiling but supporters say will crack down on illegal immigration.
The bill requires immigrants to carry their alien registration documents at all times and requires police to question people if there is reason to suspect that they're in the United States illegally. The Republican governor also issued an executive order that requires additional training for local officers on how to implement the law without engaging in racial profiling or discrimination. "Racial profiling is illegal. What will Arizona's immigration law do? Fellow Republican state Sen. Arizona governor signs immigration law; foes promise fight. By Craig Harris, Alia Beard Rau and Glen Creno - Apr. 24, 2010 12:00 AM The Arizona Republic Moments after Gov. Jan Brewer signed Arizona's controversial new immigration law Friday, opponents promised legal challenges and economic sanctions against a state still reeling from the housing meltdown. Before and after Senate Bill 1070 became law at 1:30 p.m., civil unrest punctuated by loud protests and several minor clashes took place at the state Capitol, where more than 1,500 people gathered to chant, pray and either praise or castigate the Republican governor.
At least four protesters were arrested, several after hurling water bottles at police officers in riot gear. Brewer, who faces a stiff primary challenge and needs conservatives to keep her in office, said the law represents another tool for the state to "work to solve a crisis we did not create and the federal government has refused to fix - the crisis caused by illegal immigration and Arizona's porous border. " Sen. Best for Arizona. Gov. Jan Brewer Signs Controversial Arizona Immigration Bill: De.
PHOENIX — Gov. Jan Brewer ignored criticism from President Barack Obama on Friday and signed into law a bill supporters said would take handcuffs off police in dealing with illegal immigration in Arizona, the nation's busiest gateway for human and drug smuggling from Mexico. With hundreds of protesters outside the state Capitol shouting that the bill would lead to civil rights abuses, Brewer said critics were "overreacting" and that she wouldn't tolerate racial profiling. "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.
" Earlier Friday, Obama called the Arizona bill "misguided" and instructed the Justice Department to examine it to see if it's legal. The legislation, sent to the Republican governor by the GOP-led Legislature, makes it a crime under state law to be in the country illegally. U.S. Arizona Enacts Stringent Law on Immigration. The move unleashed immediate protests and reignited the divisive battle over immigration reform nationally. Even before she signed the bill at an afternoon news conference here, strongly criticized it. Speaking at a naturalization ceremony for 24 active-duty service members in the Rose Garden, he called for a federal overhaul of immigration laws, which Congressional leaders signaled they were preparing to take up soon, to avoid “irresponsibility by others.” The Arizona law, he added, threatened “to undermine basic notions of fairness that we cherish as Americans, as well as the trust between police and our communities that is so crucial to keeping us safe.”
The law, which proponents and critics alike said was the broadest and strictest immigration measure in generations, would make the failure to carry immigration documents a crime and give the police broad power to detain anyone suspected of being in the country illegally. The political debate leading up to Ms. Ms. Ms. Mr. Mr.
Ms. Arizona Immigration bill and tourism and travel in Arizona. According to the Arizona Republic, business leaders in the tourism industry are deeply concerned about the impact of the new Arizona Immigration bill on the economics of travel in the state. Several conferences and large groups planning on a summer resort stay in the Scottsdale area canceled their travel plans because of the new bill signed by Governor Brewer. In a time when the hotel industry is trying to recover from the past few years of a down trend in occupancy, this is not positive news for those that work in the industry and residents and business owners of Arizona.
Mexico, Arizona's neighbor to the south is a beautiful country to visit for vacation. Just 3.5 hours from Phoenix and Tuscon lies a wonderful, safe beach town, Puerto Penasco where Arizona residents can escape the desert heat and find their beach. Peter Greenberg reports, between 2007 and 2008 legal Mexican visitors spent 7.3 million a day in Arizona. Poem: Arizona Immigration Law & Senator John McCain - Salem-News. Apr-28-2010 13:50 Poetry by Luke Easter Salem-News.com "As a former marine I am honored by your call to duty & sacrifice, But you and no one alive should deny any minority a better life. " (LOS ANGELES) - What do you think of John McCain's politics? Millions of Americans see Arizona's decision to have local police officers begin enforcing immigration law. as the last thing that this nation needs. The act of singling out people on a border with a Hispanic country and somehow managing to do this without racial profiling, is viewed as a cruel fantasy by people of color in Arizona who wish to maintain a degree of privacy and dignity.
Few are surprised that these are the politics of a state where on some days, there are more police cars on the freeway than civilian cars. And from this position it becomes the first state to authorize police to investigate federal immigration issues. Arizona Immigration Law & Senator John McCain The year 2010, it’s April & what do you think is front-page news? Arizona immigration law sparks controversy. Manuel Valdes (manevaldes) How Sarah Palin Has Become a Singular National Industry -- New Y. On the morning of July 3, 2009, a national holiday, Sarah Palin placed a call to her communications director and told her that she wanted to hold a press conference at her Wasilla, Alaska, home. She wouldn’t disclose the topic. For Palin, the months since Election Day had been a letdown even bigger than the loss to Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Being governor was drudgery. “Her life was terrible,” one adviser says. And, whatever one thinks of her intelligence, she was more than shrewd enough to see that there was money to be made on her newfound national profile, and she hadn’t been the one making it—this was her particular American resentment.
From the time of her infamous wardrobe selection, money had been an issue in Palin’s politics. Palin knew there were ways to solve her money problems, and then some. On Friday morning, July 3, Palin called her cameraman to her house in Wasilla and asked him to be on hand to record a prepared speech. The numbers are staggering. Obama Sides Against America. RUSH: Where are we? We have a federal government that refuses to enforce federal immigration law and a state that is. The president ought to just come out and say right now, "Look, even though I took an oath to uphold the Constitution and the law of the land, I'm not going to. I don't give a damn about the people of Arizona or the people in any of the border states. I don't give a damn about the people of this country generally.
I'm on a worldwide stage now. My number one job's to impress other governments and other people, not to look out for the best interests of the American people. " "I can raise your taxes as much as I want. Barack Obama is siding against us. RUSH: When a president, by his actions and words, makes clear that he is not going to protect the citizens of a state, it is the duty of that state to step up and protect its citizens when the president of the country refuses to do so. AZ bill could send immigrants to NM. Immigration Decision Endangers Climate Change Bill. The decision by Arizona's Gov. Jan Brewer to sign a tough immigration bill for her state has endangered unrelated, but highly anticipated, climate change legislation, which has now been put on hold by its sponsors on Capitol Hill. Sen. Lindsey Graham, the lead Republican sponsor of the climate bill, sent a letter Saturday to supporters of the measure threatening to abandon the effort without assurances from President Obama that climate change, and not immigration reform, will be his highest legislative priority.
Following Graham's announcement, the bill's Democratic sponsor, Sen. John Kerry, said that he and Sen. Joe Lieberman would delay introducing the bill, which they had planned to do with Graham Monday. Without a Republican publicly supporting their effort, the bill's chances of success would be damaged immeasurably.
"We all believe that this year is our best and perhaps last chance for Congress to pass a comprehensive approach," Kerry said in a statement. Rep. Bart Motes: Arizona's Immigration Law is Racist (I Hope) When Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed Senate Bill 1070 into law, I hope that she and the legislators who passed it were motivated purely by absolutely venomous racism. I've read the bill, and there are really only two ways to interpret what it intends to accomplish. Either: (a) The design is to target brown skinned people who either don't speak English or speak English with an accent, i.e., pure racial profiling, or (b) by the ruse of combating illegal immigration, it gives Arizona police the ability to warrantlessly arrest any resident of Arizona.
The only hope for the people of Arizona is that their police are the world's most vicious racists. You may think I am making this up, but consider the language of Section 1, subsection E Non-citizen immigrants, even legal ones, are subject to deportation for a wide variety of offenses. The Arizona law, for example, provides that law enforcement will verify the detainee's immigration status with federal authorities. What happens next? ShareThis Governor Jan Brewer has just opened “Pandora’s Box” and has now put a legal stamp on racial profiling, promoting not only hate but giving “political crazies” a forum to preach from.
One politician who opposes her tough immigration law is U.S. congressman, Rep. Raul Grijalva. On Friday, he sent President Obama a letter calling on him to exercise his “authority to limit [federal] cooperation with Arizona officials in their enforcement” of the law that makes it a crime in Arizona to be in the country illegally. Grijalva had to close his Arizona office on Friday after receiving death threats over his opposition to the new immigration law. The tough new Arizona law, will require local police officers to question people about their immigration status, it they suspect they are there illegally. The Congressman’s offices in Yuma and Tucson were flooded with calls this week over the issue, some from people threatening violent acts and shouting racial slurs. Greta Van Susteren | On The Record With Greta - FOXNews.com.