Posted By Michael Bryan So let me get this straight, Jan. You think that Federal drug law ought to trump the right of Arizonans to set up a system of medical marijuana, but Federal immigration law does not trump the Arizona's right to set up its own system of immigration? Do I detect a few … Read more
By Michael Bryan In my post summarizing the DOJ's 14141 action against MSCO, I suggested that one of the political ploys that Arpaio and his supporters might try is to attack the messenger: Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Thomas Perez, Esq. The simple fact is that Perez is Latino, and that in … Read more
by David Safier My friend who sends me all the Pearce email just forwarded me his post election piece. It's long, it's self serving. Most of it doesn't warrant repeating. But this paragraph, quoted in full, verbatim, is worth the price of admission. No retreat, no surrender, no Amnesty. America First, secure borders, safer neighborhoods, … Read more
by David Safier ASU conducted a poll which found Arizonans are far more open to a path to citizenship for immigrants than seemed to be true a few years ago. The poll by ASU's Morrison Institute for Public Policy found that 78 percent of Arizonans would support legislation letting longtime undocumented immigrants become citizens if … Read more
By Karl Reiner Countries get to pick their friends, but not their neighbors. In Europe, France shares borders with Spain, Germany and other countries. In North America, the U.S. has Canada and Mexico on its northern and southern borders. While the people of Europe learned through hard experience to make geographical proximity work to their … Read more