You are grasping straws if you think that this action in Cochise county or the action of the govs of AZ-NM has anything to do with immigration reform or that this action indicates these people are moving to the right. You are also grasping straws if you think the democratic party or Hillary is moving to the right.
The facts:
Dems and Pubs of the border states are unified in trying to get the feds to re-imburse the border states for these costs. The problem is that members of Congress from non-border ststes refuse to appropriate the money.
As governer, Bush was very strident in trying to get the feds to re-imburse. As Prez, his 02-05 budget requests included money for re-imbursement, but congress wouldn't appropriate. His 06 budget dropped this only because he is trying to minimize the projected deficit. Within the last 2-3 months, Bush administatively moved to release un-tapped Medicaid money to re-imburse the states on medical costs. Of course, Bush was criticized for this by most everyone at FR. I have no doubt that you were one of the most strident complainers.
Currently, Kyl of AZ plus Cornyn and Hutchinson of Texas(republicans) are the leaders in trying to get Congress to appropriate, but all dems and pubs fom the border states are unified on this issue.
Do Tell.
You need to go back to sleep, kid. The point is not that the states are trying to get the money - everyone knows they've been trying to do that for about 20 years now.
The point is that using the phrase "state of emergency" is a way to attract attention and appear to position yourself to the right of where you actually are.
And it appears that it is working for them. "Perception is Reality" - common knowledge in sales. And that's what this gig is: a sales gimmick.
Thanks for the really tinky-winky insight ya had. Real Deep Thinker, ya are!