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17 more states planning Ariz. 'illegal' crackdown
wnd.com ^ | 5/21/2010 | Bob Unruh

Posted on 05/21/2010 7:36:10 PM PDT by rxsid

"17 more states planning Ariz. 'illegal' crackdown
But ICE chief says feds might not 'process' illegals arrested by state

In what is developing into a standoff between states and the federal government that could be bigger than gun control or even health care, 17 states have launched versions of Arizona's immigration law, even as federal officials say they may not bother to process illegal aliens caught by the states.

William Gheen, president of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, which has been trying to get officials to address the open southern border for years, warned the consequences could be dire.

"They've told the American public to go eat cake," he said.

His organization is assembling the list of state efforts to emulate the Arizona law, which makes it illegal under state as well as federal law to be in the state without documentation.

Seventeen states are now filing versions of Arizona's SB 1070, which is designed to help local police enforce America's existing immigration laws," ALIPAC said in a report today.

The report said numerous national and local polls indicate 60 to 81 percent of Americans support local police enforcing immigration laws.

Gheen said the states where some form of immigration crackdown is under development include Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas and Utah."

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To: rxsid

BTW, the liberal entitlement programs created this mess. As soon as citizens of other nations learned a free lifestyle was to be had in the US the flood gates opened. Their argument that this is an immigrant nation seems to miss this huge flaw. How many European immigrants were given a check just for being here? Answer....NONE (Don’t let them spin it)


81 posted on 05/21/2010 10:14:46 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: pandoraou812

If the FedGov won’t do its Constitutional job then the states should fire it and hire a new one.


82 posted on 05/21/2010 10:18:52 PM PDT by TigersEye (0basma's father was a British subject. He can't be a "natural-born" citizen.)
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..

Ping!


83 posted on 05/21/2010 10:19:07 PM PDT by HiJinx (~ Illegal is a Crime, it is not a Race ~)
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To: eyedigress

I wondered why Tn. was not on that list.


84 posted on 05/21/2010 10:27:39 PM PDT by BARLF
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To: thecodont
Wish California were next.

Maybe if enough people were to call the governor's office and demand an Arizona type law, we could at least let him know that there would be considerable support for it. I'm thinking that, if you subtract the liberal college students, the San Fran wingnuts, limousine liberals in Marin County who just love their cheap maids and yard men, and the illegal aliens (which currently comprise about 7% of California's population), then you would still have about 30 million people whose lives are negatively impacted by illegal aliens, in one way or another.

You might think that, because California voted overwhelmingly for Obama, that an Arizona law would be unpopular. But a diehard Obama supporter who is out of work, can't find a decent place to live because illegals are causing a housing shortage, and is afraid to let his children play in the neighborhood because of gang activity, would be grateful for a government that actually enforces the immigration laws. I'm thinking there might be a lot of Californians like that.

85 posted on 05/21/2010 10:32:56 PM PDT by giotto
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To: BARLF

Our ID all beer sales at the convenience store did wonders as well. :^)


86 posted on 05/21/2010 10:33:18 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: eyedigress
LOL

I don't see as many Mexicans here in my small town since Tyson owned chicken plant got raided a few years ago and a large group of illegals were picked up. I think Tyson had to pay a fine.(Missouri)

87 posted on 05/21/2010 10:41:56 PM PDT by BARLF
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To: BARLF

BTW, I wouldn’t buy a Tyson product if I were starving.


88 posted on 05/21/2010 10:43:55 PM PDT by BARLF
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To: BARLF

The entire problem is caused by the government. Immigration was fully accepted because proprietors and citizens needed services that immigration could provide. Now the government pays them to be here. Business owners had money to grow. Now the government takes it. Immigrants had a means to start a business from scratch, that has been wiped out by government regulation and taxation. The government is the one Madison and Jefferson warned about.


89 posted on 05/21/2010 10:52:32 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Meg Whitman is running for Governor saying she will do something about the illegals.

Meg Whitman is exactly what I mean when I say the Republicans are really Democrats in CA.

Even if she gets elected, the California legislature will do nothing, it's all Dem controlled.

The only possible way to get a law like AZ enacted in CA is through the initiative process. And then the CA Supreme Court will say it's 'unconstitutional'. Any appeal would go to the infamous 9th Circuit Court.

Best hope for this nation right now: Republicans capture the House in November, then Zero and Biden have simultaneous fatal heart attacks. The Speaker of the House then becomes President.

90 posted on 05/21/2010 11:05:54 PM PDT by ARepublicanForAllReasons (BORDERS, LAWS and LANGUAGE)
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To: giotto
I'm thinking there might be a lot of Californians like that.

True. I have an obama-bot relative in CA. He wants free everything, is a fan of Michael Moore, Keith Olbermann, etc.

But, he shits bricks when I mention illegals from south of the border. He wants to put them all on a freight train and ship them back. That's why the initiative process might work in CA. They should propose the initiative in the form of an amendment to the CA constitution. Then it can't be overridden by any court.

91 posted on 05/21/2010 11:15:24 PM PDT by ARepublicanForAllReasons (BORDERS, LAWS and LANGUAGE)
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To: Irish Eyes

Perry already said he would not do one but you never know. Texas, BTW, is way down there in terms of the severity of the problem. CA is first and AZ in the top three.


92 posted on 05/21/2010 11:18:33 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: umgud

Ice Chief better do his job or start lookin for a new one!


93 posted on 05/21/2010 11:30:51 PM PDT by KingNo155
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To: Gay State Conservative

RE: “I wish California would join AZ but it will never happen”

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I wouldn’t be so sure either == CA is a huge state, should have been split into three states long ago. Big cities like S.F. and L.A. have blathered on about illegals’ rights but smaller towns like Costa Mesa in Orange County refuse to go along. I believe I heard Pasadena voted NO on any AZ boycott as well.

This could easily catch on. More citizens than you know are fed up with this, especially in a state that is BROKE. We can’t afford anything here much less all the giveaways to illegals.

That stunt by the “Dream” students — illegals at UCLA and their sympathizers — of blocking Wilshire Blvd. mid day on a weekday — did not win them ANY friends. And I know several lifelong leftists here in L.A. who are very anxious to get rid of all the illegals.

It’ll be tough, but there could be significant changes in CA as well as other states.


94 posted on 05/21/2010 11:52:09 PM PDT by CaliforniaCon
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To: stevem
This is how a civil war starts. Let's get it on.

Fill up a 2 mile long train of boxcars full of illegal aliens. Pushed by 4 diesel-electric locomotives. Decouple them 10 miles from the border. And walk away.

95 posted on 05/22/2010 12:18:20 AM PDT by BobS
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To: rxsid
Each state should pass the illegals state to state until they end up in where they began. Any federal agent who interferes should be arrested prosecuted and jailed.
96 posted on 05/22/2010 2:04:05 AM PDT by exnavy (May the Lord grant our troops protection and endurance.)
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To: rxsid
"17 more states planning Ariz. 'illegal' crackdown

MORE proof there really is a God!

97 posted on 05/22/2010 2:30:11 AM PDT by GOPJ (...man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the truth-Gilbert K. Chesterton)
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To: rxsid

Florida needs to be on that list...


98 posted on 05/22/2010 2:31:04 AM PDT by GOPJ (...man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the truth-Gilbert K. Chesterton)
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To: Loud Mime; mlocher
Yeah - conservatives share issues... is that a surprise?

A dem anti-war protest might have the same people as show up for "gay pride"... or save the whales.... meeting.

99 posted on 05/22/2010 2:33:35 AM PDT by GOPJ (...man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the truth-Gilbert K. Chesterton)
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To: AGreatPer

Take pictures and send them to FOX.


100 posted on 05/22/2010 3:40:22 AM PDT by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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