Left fakes hysteria over Arizona law

By Neal Boortz

For the AJC

In the grand history of politically manufactured, illogical outrage, this past week takes the trophy.

The outrage, of course, has been over the new law in Arizona, which is a law designed to do what the Imperial Federal Government has been refusing to do: Make at least some attempt to combat illegal immigration. The frenzy that has been launched over this relatively innocuous law has clearly been created and promoted by Democrats, with the help of the ObamaMedia, for no purpose other than to create a groundswell of Latino animosity toward the Republican Party.

First of all, let’s get some definitions straight here. They are not “undocumented immigrants.” They are illegal aliens. They are criminals. The law signed by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is not “anti-immigrant,” as the media has been eager to report. It is anti-ILLEGAL-immigrant.

Why did the Arizona Legislature find it necessary to pass this law? The reason was simple. Arizona acted because the federal government steadfastly REFUSED to act. Arizona is the prime border crossing for the invasion. More illegals enter this country through our border with Arizona than any other state. U.S. Border Patrol agents are feeling the brunt of the invasion — the violent brunt. The Justice Department released a report March 25 that said assaults against U.S. Border Patrol agents increased by 46 percent from 2006 to 2008. Just a few weeks ago a rancher in southern Arizona was killed in an encounter with illegals crossing his property. Every 35 hours someone in Phoenix is kidnapped. Even with the crime, the murders of ranchers, the assaults on Border Patrol agents, and the kidnappings, the federal government does nothing. Don’t you think the federal government should place sealing our borders ahead of forcing Americans to buy health insurance policies?

Well, that’s certainly not the case in ObamaWorld. So, if the federal government absolutely refuses to step forward, why in the world is it suddenly so thoroughly evil for the Arizona Legislature to step in?

Here’s something about the Arizona immigration law you probably don’t know. This law does not empower Arizona law enforcement officials to do anything that federal law enforcement officials cannot already do! The problem, I guess, is that Arizona law enforcement might actually act, where federal law enforcement obviously won’t.

Let’s try a little hypothetical here. Let’s say that Canadians were largely libertarian/conservative. Now, let’s say that the Canadian government enacts new policies, regulations and laws that largely stifle individual initiative along with onerous new taxes and restrictions on economic liberty, something along the line of Obama’s financial reform proposals. Then we’ll imagine that freedom-loving, self-reliant Canadians start swarming south across their border by the millions — 10 million to 15 million to be more precise.

Once they’re here they start demanding legal status with a goal of someday being able to vote. Now just what do you think would happen? Oh come on now, you know what would happen. Democrats, liberals and assorted left-wingers would be beside themselves with concern and outrage. In no time flat they will have erected a double fence of electrified razor wire along the entire U.S.-Canadian border with 100,000 hungry pit bulls patrolling between the fences along the entire length. When the Canadians befriended the pit bulls we would start to see gun towers.

The ruckus over the Arizona law: A genuine cause, or political gamesmanship? Look at who’s spinning around on their eyebrows, and I think you’ll have the answer.

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