[Personal Responsibility]

It is unfortunate that the Legislature has once again ignored the officials who are most directly affected by illegal immigration and instead has passed yet another bill that will have no effect on the problem but that will impose an unfunded burden on law enforcement," Napolitano wrote Monday.

This quote intones that she would have signed the bill had it provded for funding / manpower to combat the problem. I do not live in Arizona and am unfamiliar with its Governor. I see she is a Dem, so I am suspicious of this type of talk.

Would she have passed a funded bill?

[Lucky9teen]

Would she have passed a funded bill?

Nope. She vetoes anything that comes across her desk, as far as I've seen. She even had the gall to try to stop Prop. 200, which was voted in by the majority (I think like 90% or something high like that) of people, which makes it so that EVERYONE HAS to show proof that they are legal citizens before they can vote. She and her atty gen. tried very hard to turn that around, even though it was voted in and won. All she wants is the vote and she knows the illegals vote for her, because they are here for the entitlements. See, if we make these illegals, legal to work here, then we'll have to pay them legal min. wage, which raises the issue of, who will do the "cheap labor"? Also, once the illegals become "Americans", who will do the jobs THEY won't want to do anymore?

[hoyaloya]

Re what Napolitano would have done --

It would appear that hers is a red herring argument.

It would impose further duties on law enforcement. If it wasn't enforced, it too would then look like empty rhetoric. Arizona has a sizable surplus right now and the biggest political battle in the state is over what to do with it. Republicans want to reduce taxes. Napolitano wants to (1) spend it and (2) stash away any balance she can't spend. Maybe a compromise would be funding new police to enforce this new felony.

That she hasn't proposed that, and actively opposes it, should answer your original question.

[HungarianGypsy]

Oh! They claim that there is not enough funding for such enforcement, but there is enough for special social projects and for the city of Phoenix to make sure that there is enforcement of dogs staying on leashes in parks.

[HiJinx]

Would she have passed a funded bill?

The reporter lied. The bill provided funding.