HAIKU
(MAUI), HAWAII
Floodgates which opened in 1965 with Immigration Act are now gushing more illegals than ever Arizona Counter-Sues U.S. over Illegal Immigration Arizona seeks over $760 million in compensation from Washington for its lax border controls Foreward
HAIKU, MAUI, Feb 10 - Arizona has
counter-sued the Federal Government over its lax border controls. The
lawsuit, filed today in Phoenix, charged that Washington has failed
to protect it from an invasion "Our citizens have lived with this dark cloud for too long .. It's time for the federal government to do its job and secure the border," said Governor Jan Brewer (right), speaking outside the federal courthouse in Phoenix. "Our border and immigration system are still broken." The Arizona lawsuit charges that the US federal government has failed to reimburse Arizona for more than $760 million in costs for incarcerating illegal immigrants. "WHICH PART OF ILLEGAL DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?" an Arizona demonstrator's sign asked, aiming at the Obama administration (left). "While control of the border is a federal responsibility, illegal aliens who successfully cross the border and commit crime in Arizona become an Arizona responsibility," said Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne. Brewer said the boundary between Arizona and Mexico remains a dangerous place. She cited the recent death of a US Border Patrol officer as evidence of illegal incursions across the border by criminal drug cartels. Brewer claimed fighting illegal immigration had cost the state more than a billion dollars, funds the state simply does not have while facing a serious budget crisis. She noted that the legal action is being paid for with private funds and is not costing taxpayers. Horne said he expects the lawsuit to be settled in the US Supreme Court.
Bob Djurdjevic is a writer and consultant based in Haiku (Maui), Hawaii. He is a free-thinking humanist. Which means he is neither Republican nor Democrat. You can find more of his research and columns at www.truthinmedia.org (geopolitical), www.djurdjevic.com (business) and his personal web sites www.yinyangbob.com and www.altzar.org (arts & spirituality). From Bad to Worse: Young, Black, Hispanic Minorities Hit the Hardest by Illegal Immigration If you click on the above link, you will be able to access the latest data from the second quarter that the Washington-based Center for Immigration Studies released this morning. Here are some highlights:
Check out also some of our past stories that dealt with the subject of immigration: Toward a Nation of Morons (Jan 23, 2006)
Also check out... Ugly Face of Globalism (G20 meeting marred by violence: an inside job?), O Tempora O Mores... (Editorial comment on Obama's winning the Peace Farce); Gouging the American Consumer; Squeezing the Consumer Dry (Greed Was the Fuel That Drove Both Bankers, Govts & Oilmen to Try to Squeeze Blood Out of Stone - American Consumer); The Great Divide Widens (The rich are getting richer and the poor poorer in most developed countries – latest OECD study, Oct 2008); Wall Street's Financial Terrorism (a 1997 Chronicles Magazine column that's as current today as it was when it was written); Just Say NO to Greed - Killer of Dreams! (Mar 2008) and Just Say No to Greed 2 (Oct 2008) Also, “Plutocrats of the New World Order,” Mar 1997; “Demo Farce and the American Century,” Nov 1996; “The Great Wall Street Hoover,” Nov 1997; “The Great American Divide,” Jan 1998; “Wiping Out the Middle Class,:” May 1998; “When Will Wall Street Bubble Burst?”, Aug 1998; etc.
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