[ClearCase_guy]

I heard this report this morning, and it was incredibly weak. The legislation reflects the will of the people, and it is aimed at enforcing existing law. But they act like it is a nefarious plot.

The fact that someone, somwhere, might end up showing a profit is repugnant to these Marxists. They want to live in a world in which all businessmen lose money every year.

[dirtboy]

This is a classic six-degrees-of-separation hit piece. Lobbyists often represent many clients. Since Jan Brewer has former lobbyists on her staff, ergo, some of them will have ties to the prison industry, and NPR uses that to associate her to this plot.

Missing is the fact that the people of Arizona - and the larger American public - overwhelmingly support this law. And have no problem incarcerating someone who is here illegally until they are deported, given how many who go through catch-and-release never show up for trial.

And it would have been nice if NPR had put a quarter of this much effort into tracking the influence-peddling around the health-care bill.