The US Department of Justice admits it hasn’t completed its review of the Arizona immigration law, but has decided to sue the state of Arizona.  This is not surprising since Janet Napolitano [head of the Dept of Homeland Security] and US Attorney General Holder said they had not read the Arizona bill in the first place when both condemned it.  John Morton, the chief of ICE [Immigrations and Customs Enforcement], first said ICE would not necessarily process illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona law enforcement, but recently restated (after pressure from many members of Congress) that ICE would process illegals in Arizona but on a case by case basis [which sounds like former President Clinton's definition of "is"].

A couple of weeks ago US law enforcement agents were chased from the border by the Mexican military.  Would Teddy Roosevelt or Dwight Eisenhower have allowed this to go unanswered?  The national media has reported that several National Parks and Wildlife Refuges within Arizona are so dangerous because of illegal immigration and drug smuggling (to include foreign nationals growing marijuana on US federal lands), they suggest Americans stay away from these US public lands.  Also these federal lands are so covered in litter and garbage, it is a national disgrace.

The sad fact is this has been going on for over eight years, dating back to George W’s administration.   It seems dealing with illegal immigration got in the way of stopping cheap foreign labor, and so border enforcement was inadequately funded and staffed.  I attended a FAIR event in 2003 in which Kris Eggle’s mother spoke to us about how her son [Kris] was gunned down by Mexican drug cartel members.  Kris had been an Eagle Scout, valedictorian of his High School, a college graduate, and President of his class at the Enforcement Training Center and serving as a US Park Service Ranger, when he was murdered in 2002 at the age of 28.

I have a News and Observer article, dated 12-29-02 in which Mexican nationals were commiting 46 per cent of drug trafficking in Wake County.  Drug trafficking is not just a Mexican issue, but illegal drugs are still overwhelmingly coming to America from south of our border.   And I have an article “Park’s Pot Problem Explodes” by the Los Angeles Times stating in May, 2003 that drug cartels south of our border were bringing drugs into America through our federal parks and these cartels had financial ties and links to Hezbollah to include human smuggling operations.  I have media reports from that time right up to now and the question becomes WHY IS THE U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALLOWING THIS TO GO ON?    ANY WHY WOULD OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PLAN TO SUE THE STATE OF ARIZONA (in effect citizens of Arizona will be paying to defend the state) for simply trying to enforce the law by mirroring federal laws and procedures?

CALL OUR US SENATOR FROM NORTH CAROLINA, SENATOR KAY HAGAN AT 877-852-9462 TOLL FREE.  Tell her NO amnesty for illegal immigrants and NO Dream Act to allow illegal immigrants to get in-state tuition at state universities. The “Dream Act” is a bad dream for American students.   College is a selection process and every illegal immigrant allowed into our colleges is one less American (citizen) student allowed to enroll.  The Dream Act would then grant an amnesty to the illegal immigrant student.

Also you can visit Sen Hagan’s NC main HQ office in Greensboro:

701 Green Valley Rd; Suite 201
Greensboro, NC 27408

Why is the Democrat Majority Whip, Dick Durban, of the US Senate pushing the Dream Act in the first place with so many American citizens out of work and such a high unemployment rate?  [Sen Hagan has earlier said she is against an amnesty but then turned around and said she was for a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.  Any "pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants" is an amnesty.]

Concerned Citizens and Immigration Reformers,

There are several actions to take this short session of the NC General Assembly (state legislature) which affects us, our children, and our fellow citizens.

State Legislation is pending to stop the NC Community College Board from giving our children’s seats to illegal immigrants in our state Community Colleges. Moreover our state needs to be focused on training unemployed citizens in our state Community Colleges, NOT training illegal immigrants for better jobs. Gov Bev Perdue’s response has to been to reactivate the Governor’s Advisory Council on Hispanic/Latino Affairs for 3% of the population which is legally in North Carolina.

There is also a State Senate Resolution to allow relaxing the rules during this short session of the NC State Legislature [normally to work on budget matters] to allow an Arizona-like Bill to be introduced in the NC General Assembly. This is a long shot because this resolution has been sent to the Rules Committee, the normal place legislation is sent when the Democrat leadership [the majority in power in the NC Legislature and who controls what moves forward] wants legislation to die.

Concerned Citizens and Immigration Reformers,

President Calderon of Mexico spoke before the US Congress last week and attempted to lecture the State of Arizona for its recent immigration law.  He suggested it was racial profiling and continues the insinuation that America needs illegal immigrant workers.  We obviously don’t need illegal workers, and the Arizona bill does not use racial profiling.   Our federal government leadership wouldn’t know, since I don’t believe we have found anyone in leadership to include our Attorney General and head of DHS who has read the 10 page bill yet.

Interestingly enough, it is a felony to be an illegal immigrant in Mexico, and one is jailed if found to be illegal and even if one has committed no other crime.  If we had the immigration laws of Mexico and their method of dealing with it, we would have many less illegal immigrants in the USA.   The Mexican government has given out pamphlets on how to effectively cross our borders, and President Calderon says we need to partner on efforts at the border.

What we need are 20,000 U.S. soldiers on our border.  Next we need to require businesses to use the simple on-line E-Verify System to make sure illegal immigrants cannot be hired in the USA, and then fine those who knowingly hire illegal immigrants.  We need border AND interior enforcement such as E-Verify and the 297g program expanded to use local police to assist [as in Arizona] to enforce immigration laws.   In North Carolina there are about 25 counties now either using 287g or the sister program, Secure Communities.

Concerned Citizens and Immigration Reformers,

Late Friday afternoon Arizona passed one of the toughest immigration enforcement bills in the USA.  Governor Jan Brewer signed the legislation making it official late Friday afternoon.  Wonderful!  Terrific!  While on Bill Lumaye’s WPTF talk radio show Friday in Raleigh, we discussed the details of the new legislation and how it will affect citizens in Arizona.

I would hope we can move forward in North Carolina with similar legislation, although this year is the short session of the NC General Assembly, and at this point I have been told not to expect much action except as it relates to the state budget.

Well, our state is spending over $1 billion each year on illegal immigrants and their dependents in North Carolina.  Wouldn’t this seem to be a “budget item” for our North Carolina General Assembly to explore and respond to — that assumes Gov Perdue and the Democratic leadership, who is in fact in power at the General Assembly, really want to control spending and take action in ways the state can take action to deal with illegal immigration.