In today’s edition of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, an article by Jacques Billeaud of the Associated Press explained how scores of illegals are fleeing the state of Arizona for other states or their Latin American homelands in response to a state law enacted on January 1, 2008.
The law suspends or revokes the business license of companies found to be in violation of the law and was intended to reduce the economic incentive for people to sneak across the border. The law was approved last year by the Republican-controlled Legislature and Democratic Governor Janet Napolitano out of frustration with efforts of the federal government to curb illegal immigration. This proves that biparitsan politics can work provided that politicians place the welfare of their state and/or country ahead of party.
I urge the United States Congress to introduce similar legislation immediately. Arizona’s law is obviously having the effect that was intended….and it is significantly less expensive to enforce than the federal government’s idiotic plan of building a fence along the entire length of the U.S.-Mexican border, a plan that will require continual maintenance of the fence and daily patrols along its entire length. But then again, that is where our federal government excels – spending tons of money on poorly planned, pork-barrel programs and wars aimed at nation-building.
Congratulations to Governor Napolitano and the Arizona legislature!
Posted by Jim Doyle 
