I keep thinking of a swimmer out in the ocean, with a great white shark coming right at them. A lifeguard appears and the swimmer asks him what his views are on abortion and gay rights.
I'm one of those foreign students you wrote about, but my beloved state is directly impacted by what happens in California. We got our current governor Jam-it Nepolitano thanks to California refugees. I attended a zoning meeting a few months ago and the locals were almost voted down because the recent imports from California didn't want a power station built in the neighborhood. Arizonans know-No power station=No aircondioning. We have gone from the most reliably conservative state in the union to almost blatantly liberal. I want your state saved so all those refugees can go home.