I'm registered Republican, but I voted for a Democrat, Janet Napolitano for Governor of Arizona in our last election. Part of the reason is that I don't agree with the viewpoint many of the Republican leaders seem to share with regard to illegal immigration. I don't believe in the proposed guest worker program, and in general I think the laws we already have must be enforced.
A big thumbs up goes out to Janet for sending a letter to the newly appointed Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, demanding that the Federal Government reimburse the State of Arizona for the actual costs incurred by the state taxpayers for the incarceration of illegal immigrants who commit crimes. If the government refuses to pay, she insists that they take custody of these criminals so as not to further burden the State of Arizona with the costs of their incarceration.
Great idea, Janet! Let's go drop them off on Mr. Gonzales' doorstep.
Those of us living in border states are suffering from our government's outright refusal to enforce the immigration laws in this country. Its about time someone did something so simple, yet something they will definitely pay attention to.
Posted by geekchik at February 8, 2005 05:29 PM