Sometime today, President Barrack Obama will meet with the governor of Arizona. He will "discuss" the new immigration law with said state executive. No publicity will be allowed.
Interesting tactic. Arizona passes a law that is identical to federal law. Arizona is a state directly bordering Mexico. Along with California, Texas, and a smattering of New Mexico, four states have a southern and common border with Mexico. A second tier of states, Colorado, Utah, Oklahoma, and Nevada, have common borders with the first group. That's eight states that have an interest in Mexican border control which is the responsibility of the Federal government.
Successive administrations, both Republican and Democrat, have demurred from closing that border effectively. The idea of a fence is good, but can be torn down. A wall would be better, but with the federal budget hemorrhaging bi-partisan support is unlikely and the Democrats certainly aren't going to spend their time passing that bill. So, it falls to the states that want their borders controlled to handle the problem. That's all Arizona is doing.
Actually, the interpretation of "border" is what I have a problem with. Why just the southern border of Arizona and the first tier state southern borders? If the second tier states seek to protect their borders with the pirmary four states (Arizona, etc.), the journey for illegals becomes longer and less manageable. Fewer illegal aliens can make that journey.
Watch the future activties of all eight states. The remaining seven could go a long way towards solving the problem together. How many of the seven states besides Arizona have non Democrat governors?
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