On the day the Obama
Administration's backdoor amnesty for illegal aliens up to the age of 30 took
effect, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer issued an executive order prohibiting the
State from granting taxpayer-funded benefits, including driver's licenses, to
illegal aliens benefitting from the initiative. (Politico, Aug. 16, 2012)
The first to protect a
state from the consequences of the Administration's backdoor amnesty, Governor
Brewer's executive order, #2012-06, does three things.
First, the order asserts that the Administration's issuance of deferred action
and work authorization to illegal aliens under the initiative does not entitle
them to lawful status or public benefits under Arizona law. (Id. at p.
1) Second, the order requires state agencies that issue public benefits to
undergo statutory, rule-making, and policy analysis and changes to prevent the
deferred action beneficiaries from obtaining public benefits and state
identification. (Id.) Finally, the order requires that state agencies
providing such undergo emergency rule-making to prevent the illegal alien
beneficiaries from obtaining public benefits. (Id. at p. 2)
Open borders advocates
were quick to criticize the Governor's executive order. "This order
conflicts with state and federal law because people who are granted deferred
action will, in fact, have authorized presence in the United States and under
Arizona law people who have authorized presence are eligible to apply for
Arizona state identification," said Alessandra Soler, the Executive
Director of the American Civil Liberties Union in Arizona. (See ACLU Statement, Aug. 15, 2012) Regina Jeffries,
Chair of the Arizona Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association,
said Governor Brewer's order contravenes Arizona law and that the she will
likely face a lawsuit. (The Republic,
Aug. 15, 2012)
However, Matthew Benson,
a spokesman for Governor Brewer, told reporters that the intent of the order is
to cut through some of the confusion created by the Administration's backdoor
amnesty. "As the (DHS) has said repeatedly ... these individuals do not
have lawful status…[yet] [t]hey are able to remain in the country and not be
deported and not be prosecuted..." he said. (The Republic,
Aug. 15, 2012)
According to the order,
over 80,000 illegal aliens in the State of Arizona are eligible for the
Administration's amnesty initiative. Governor Brewer's office said that thus
far, they have received 2,037 comments in favor and 292 against Wednesday's
order. (Phoenix Business Journal,
Aug. 19, 2012)
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May 8, 2010
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The administration promised to study the request and get
back to them.
They didn't, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Arizona Gov. Jan
Brewer say. Last month, Brewer
complained that she had pleaded five times in letters to President Obama for
more federal muscle, to no avail.
The administration says it has not been ignoring the border
problems, noting that there now are airborne drones conducting surveillance
flights; a full complement of 20,000 Border Patrol agents; a 653-mile border
fence in place, and about $70 million sent in law-enforcement aid.
The governors say the border area remains unacceptably
dangerous, citing the March murder of an Arizona rancher and the wounding of an
Arizona deputy this month.
U.S. Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl, both Arizona
Republicans, issued an urgent request
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OBAMA’S ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS JUSTICE MAY SUE ARIZONA OVER
NEW IMMIGRATION LAW…. Which Only Mirrors EXISTING FEDERAL UNENFORCED LAW!!!
Attorney General Eric Holder says the
Justice Department may sue Arizona over its new immigration law.
Washington (CNN) -- Attorney General Eric Holder said Sunday that the Justice Department was considering a federal lawsuit against Arizona's new immigration law.
"We are considering all of our options. One possibility is filing a lawsuit," Holder told NBC's "Meet the Press." Possible grounds for the lawsuit would be whether the Arizona law could lead to civil rights violations, he said.
By the CNN Wire Staff
May 9, 2010
The recently enacted Arizona law initially allowed police to ask anyone for proof of legal U.S. residency, based solely on a police officer's suspicion that the person might be in the country illegally. Arizona lawmakers soon amended the law so that officers could check a person's status only if the person had been stopped or arrested for another reason.
Critics say the law will lead to racial profiling, while supporters say it involves no racial profiling and is needed to crack down on increasing crime involving illegal immigrants.
In Arizona, the city councils of Tucson and Flagstaff have decided to challenge the new immigration law in court.
Holder told ABC's "This Week" program that one concern about the Arizona law is that "you'll end up in a situation where people are racially profiled, and that could lead to a wedge drawn between certain communities and law enforcement, which leads to the problem of people in those communities not willing to interact with people in law enforcement, not willing to share information, not willing to be witnesses where law enforcement needs them."
"I think we could potentially get on a slippery slope where people will be picked on because of how they look as opposed to what they have done, and that is, I think, something that we have to try to avoid at all costs," Holder added.
Holder said comprehensive federal immigration reform is the best approach for the problem of illegal immigrants crossing U.S. borders. His stance echoed the approach favored by President Obama, who last week criticized the Arizona law and said he wants Congress to work on the issue this year.
Comprehensive immigration reform would include continuing government efforts to secure borders from illegal immigrants, as well as steps to crack down on businesses that employ them, Obama said at a Cinco de Mayo celebration at the White House.
In addition, he said, those living illegally in the United States would have to pay a penalty and any taxes they owe, learn English and "make themselves right with the law" before starting the process of gaining U.S. citizenship.
Washington (CNN) -- Attorney General Eric Holder said Sunday that the Justice Department was considering a federal lawsuit against Arizona's new immigration law.
"We are considering all of our options. One possibility is filing a lawsuit," Holder told NBC's "Meet the Press." Possible grounds for the lawsuit would be whether the Arizona law could lead to civil rights violations, he said.
By the CNN Wire Staff
May 9, 2010
The recently enacted Arizona law initially allowed police to ask anyone for proof of legal U.S. residency, based solely on a police officer's suspicion that the person might be in the country illegally. Arizona lawmakers soon amended the law so that officers could check a person's status only if the person had been stopped or arrested for another reason.
Critics say the law will lead to racial profiling, while supporters say it involves no racial profiling and is needed to crack down on increasing crime involving illegal immigrants.
In Arizona, the city councils of Tucson and Flagstaff have decided to challenge the new immigration law in court.
Holder told ABC's "This Week" program that one concern about the Arizona law is that "you'll end up in a situation where people are racially profiled, and that could lead to a wedge drawn between certain communities and law enforcement, which leads to the problem of people in those communities not willing to interact with people in law enforcement, not willing to share information, not willing to be witnesses where law enforcement needs them."
"I think we could potentially get on a slippery slope where people will be picked on because of how they look as opposed to what they have done, and that is, I think, something that we have to try to avoid at all costs," Holder added.
Holder said comprehensive federal immigration reform is the best approach for the problem of illegal immigrants crossing U.S. borders. His stance echoed the approach favored by President Obama, who last week criticized the Arizona law and said he wants Congress to work on the issue this year.
Comprehensive immigration reform would include continuing government efforts to secure borders from illegal immigrants, as well as steps to crack down on businesses that employ them, Obama said at a Cinco de Mayo celebration at the White House.
In addition, he said, those living illegally in the United States would have to pay a penalty and any taxes they owe, learn English and "make themselves right with the law" before starting the process of gaining U.S. citizenship.
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FAIRUS.org
FEDERATION FOR
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
FAIR CHARACTERIZES
THE OBAMA, AND LA RAZA DEMS PLAN FOR AMNESTY AS FOLLOWS:
That's why, throughout 2009 FAIR has been tracking every
move the administration and Congress has made to undermine our immigration
laws, reward illegal aliens and burden taxpayers.
• Foot-dragging
on proven methods of immigration law enforcement including border structures
and E-Verify.
• Appointment
of several illegal alien advocates to important administration posts.
• Watering
down of the 287(g) program to limit local law in their own jurisdictions.
• Health
care reform that mandates a “public option” for newly-arrived legal immigrants
as well as illegal aliens.
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