Arizona Shrugged, Part 1

The more I hear about this Arizona immigration law, the more I realize that Arizona had every right to pass this law. It’s too bad the federal government wasn’t doing their job in the first place but, at the end of the day, Arizona had not only a right but also an obligation to protect her citizens.

I can understand people’s anger over this law. Personally, I think a lot of Americans don’t want to deal with the facts when it comes to immigration. They don’t want to be the country that deports these illegal aliens. They don’t want to belong to a country that separates these families. They want to welcome everybody. At some level, I don’t blame them for being worried about families breaking apart. It shows how truly compassionate and caring we are as a country.

But Arizona had to protect her citizens. They had to do something before the violence got out of control. The federal government should have been the ones to strengthen our southern borders. But they didn’t, so the Arizona state government did what they could within their limited power as a state government over an issue of national security. Like I said, I understand people’s anger over this law. However, their anger is misguided. The people of Los Angeles and every other city that has threatened to boycott Arizona should be angry with the federal government of the United States, not the state government of Arizona. If there’s any truth to the liberal claim that this law will lead to racial profiling, then maybe liberal outrage is justified. But even in that case, their outrage should be aimed at those in the federal government who failed to do their job in the first place and, consequently, pushed the Arizona government into passing this law.

Another thing- I’m tired of hearing all this talk about how, “Well Bush didn’t do anything to protect our borders either.” I have a news flash for liberals who keep saying that: We (Conservatives) know that; we’re just as ticked off at the Bush administration and every other previous administration who failed to secure the borders as we are at the Obama Administration for perpetuating that failure. Bush’s failure in this arena doesn’t make it okay for Obama to fail on this too.

Arizona is in a really tough spot right now. If they wait for the federal government to strengthen the borders, they could see more of their citizens killed. But if they do what’s in the best interest of their state, they have to deal with punk mayors like Antonio Villaraigosa, of Los Angeles, who have threatened to boycott Arizona over their new law.

Yesterday, Arizona Corporation Comission member Gary Pierce released a letter to the mayor of Los Angeles telling Mayor Villaraigosa that he would be glad to relieve his city from continuing to receive 25% of their electricity from Arizona. http://www.cc.state.az.us/commissioners/Pierce/Documents/5-18-10.pdf I think Arizona should go ahead and pull the plug. I’ll explain why tomorrow (meaning the next time I write on this blog).