Arizona Immigration Law Denounced by California Senators, Mexico

Court challenge seems like closing the door after the horse escaped, and oh, by the war, YOUR BARN IS ON FIRE!

Right on to The State of Arizona for taking action long overdue. Being a California resident I can see why the senators are boycotting. Too bad California and all states along the border are not supporting and following this action. Our Federal government seems to not care about the drain and impact on our economy allowing  people to be  here illegally. It kind of sends the message that laws were made to be broken.

I am thinking now is the ideal time to plan a vacation to Arizona. I may even look at real estate!!

"Illegal alien" is not a race. It is a description of a certain type of criminal. The definition of  Illegal immigration is:  " the movement of people across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country. Illegal immigrants are also known as illegal aliens to differentiate them from legal aliens. Conversely,  illegal emigration refers to unlawfully leaving a country." I wonder if Mexico's strict immigration law covers leaving the country illegally? I also wonder what they are doing to bring these millions of scofflaws to justice.  As an example of where the Mexican government stands regarding these criminals that broke Mexican law by leaving illegally and US law by entering illegally; the Mexican government recently distributed a pamphlet instructing illegal aliens how to get services in the US. This issue is not about race this is about economics. I have seen it written that Mexico derives as much as  one third of its national income from money sent  from the US by the illegals.  One issue no one mentions is the billions of dollars recovered by the Mexican government from the confiscation of drug cartel money. It is interesting  that the government seems to wait until there is a large cache of money before they make an arrest. They make billions off the drug cartels and if the US border security was really enforced Mexico would stand to lose a lot of revenue.    An illegal alien isn't an immigrant, he/she is a criminal. Mexico recognizes this and their concern about illegals is reflected in a stringent set of immigration laws. Don't misunderstand my point, I  agree with the Mexican immigration laws and the Italian, French, English, Chinese, Japanese and all of the other nations that recognize the inherent cost to the political and economic stability of their nations if they fail to control illegal immigration.  The  current immigration uproar over the Arizona law reflects the seriousness of the problem along the US border. If the US gets serious about stopping illegal entry to the US, Mexico stands to lose billions in revenue and the US farmers, ranchers and other industries particularly in California and Texas that knowingly use and in some cases enslave illegal workers, would also lose massive revenue. Close examination of Mexican society reveals the "mordida," the bite, the name given to the institutionalized bribery and corruption that is the hallmark of the  Mexican government.  It is unfortunate that former President Bush cut the number of legal and necessary foreign workers by 60,000. They need legal work and we need them not just the field workers but all kinds of workers that bring intelligence and skill to this country They are valued legal, immigrant workers.As for California's stand on Arizona's law, it is Swarzeneggar's and the other weak willed politicians in California that put their personal political interests over those of the nation. California is virtually bankrupt and can hardly defend using a massive amount of their budget on services to illegal aliens. Bankrupt, they will come to the federal government for assistance to continue harboring and providing services to these criminals. Services, mind you, that aren't available to all legal citizens of the US.     It is time to look at this issue logically and pragmatically. It isn't about Mexican, or Russian, or Chinese or Vietnamese illegals, it is about all "Illegal aliens" from wherever they come; and  more to the point, it is about finally making the US interests come first.

Seems like incomplete, even biased reporting to quote Napolitano and Holder while omitting their admissions that they had not read the bill at the time of their statements.

I think that California politicians should wake up to the fact that the poles and blogs on this subject show that Arizona's law is supported by a majority of American's. Where do you get off trying to impose your will on another state, especially a law that is already a federal law?  It is so hypocritial of you to try to influence Arizona when California has a law almost exactly the same already. You need to keep your nose out of Arizona and figure out how to solve the major problems of California with the high welfare expenses and high crime which is augmented by illegal immigration. I watched the May day protests a few years ago and saw the LA counsel women saying how proud she was of her constituents to get out there and protest.  I have to tell her that illegals are not her constituents. Legal citizens are her constituents and I'm sick of hearing illegal and legal immigrants in the same light. Illegal is just what it says, ILLEGAL, breaking the law.  I also saw the illegal immigrant the press was talking to that said he liked this country because of all the free things he gets here. Wake up politicians. I'm a California citizen who is going to look very carefully at who I am voting for how they are standing on this.