Arizona governor, Jan Brewer appeared on Fox News Sean Hannity's show last night, and pleaded with the audience to send money to her in Arizona. This money she claims will help her fight the Federal Government in her effort to implement the most controversial part of the bill she signed into law. The "Papers Please" part of the bill was temporary blocked by Judge Bolton yesterday, giving the Federal Government a small victory.

Send Money Please - Jan Brewer

The bill was supposed to go into effect at midnight on 07/29/10. In its original form, the bill called for police officers to question anyone they suspect of being in Arizona illegally to provide proof that they’re a lawful residents or citizens.

Opponents of the law and the Department of Justice argued that the law was misguided, and will consume necessary resources away from the real problems of fighting the criminal element of illegal immigration to checking immigration status. Yesterday, a judge agreed with the Federal Government’s position and temporarily blocked this part of the law from going into effect.

On the Fix Fox News show, the Arizona Governor described the fight ahead, saying;

“This is a little road bump on the path. Today was a temporary hold put on the legislation on Senate Bill 1070. And of course, we realize that law — the lawsuit will continue through the court.” She goes on to say that her next move will be to file an expedited appeal with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and being that this court is a “pretty liberal situation,” she believes the case will make it to the “superior – to the Supreme Court.” (continue reading...)

Let’s chalk one up, although temporary, for the America that believe in laws and the legal process. Just moments ago, the lawsuit filed by the Federal Government denouncing parts of the new SB1070 legislation in Arizona also known as the new Immigration Law or the “Papers Please” law, was temporarily struck down by a judge hearing the case.

Az Governor - Jan Brewer

According to the Federal Government's argument, if Arizona were to carry out certain aspects of the new legislation where police officers had the authority to determine who was illegal as is required by the legislation, then that would obstruct Federal Law and cause problems for legal citizens. The judge in the case, Susan Bolton agrees with this argument, saying;

“Requiring police in Arizona to determine the immigration status of every person who is arrested burdens lawfully present aliens, because their liberty will be restricted while their status is checked. Given the large number of people who are technically arrested but never booked into jail or perhaps even taken to a police station, detention time for this category of arrestee will certainly be extended. Requiring these people to prove their immigration status to the satisfaction of state authorities will unnecessary burden them, including some United States citizens.” (continue reading...)

It has now come to the point where every Monday morning it seems, Arizona's governor Jan Brewer signs another bill into law and the common denominator with these bills is simply racism.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer

SB1070, better know as the Show-Us-Your-Papers law was signed by governor Brewer and is geared at cracking down on illegal immigrants in the state. The purpose of this new law,

The police officers in Arizona can now stop people on the street, which can be considered "public trespassing" and ask for their papers. It's then obvious that the law instituted to control illegal aliens, must determine through racial profiling who these  illegal alien are.

SB1070 not only makes it possible, but necessary for racial profiling in Arizona.

But Jan Brewer didn't stop there. She has now signed another piece of legislation into law. This time, she's not only attacking those that fit the profile of an illegal as outlined in SB1070, Jan Brewer has just signed a bill making it illegal to teach ethnic classes in Arizona's public schools.

HB2210 was signed into law less than 20 days after Jan Brewer signed SB1070, and calls for an end to public schools teaching about ethnic groups. No more teachings about the history of the United States involving Blacks, Asians, Latinos or Indians and the contributions these groups have made to America.  Jan Brewer and the Arizona Republicans have decided that Arizona students don't need to know about other ethnic groups, only the contributions of their own kind, Whites.

So it leads you to wonder, what is causing these types of legislations to be signed into law. Jan Brewer states the lack of Federal immigration laws as a reason for the Show-Us-Your-Papers law. She claims that the drug dealings and murders committed in Arizona has lead to these drastic new laws. However, these problems have been around for decades.

Illegal Immigration has always been a problem in America, and border states like Arizona have always been especially hard hit. But never has a state decided that they were going to take the steps Republican Jan Brewer has taken to eliminate the illegal immigration problem. Something has changed, and it's not the democrat in the White House, there's been democratic presidents before. It's the black democrat in the White House.

There is a conscience effort on the part of Jan Brewer, the republicans in congress who have decided to be against every policy this president proposed and even some that they themselves wrote, to make sure that Americans are divided and scared of each other. Their mission is not just winning the next election, but polarizing Americans to the point where simply learning about each other's racial heritage is no longer possible. A divided nation is a failed nation, and nothing will divide a nation more than pointing out the racial boundary and insisting through laws that these boundaries be maintained.

The election of Barack Obama, the first black president of the United States, has not brought Americans together. We have not crossed the racial boundary that divided us. The election has given these republicans a reason to picked at the old scab that has plagued this country since slavery. What was supposed to be progress and the coming together of all races, the learning of our fellow American and the vision of a country moving forward as one people, has been intentionally turned into an us vs them mentality.

The black president in the White House must not succeed and they'll use the most divisive method available to make sure he fails. They will turn his presidency into Us vs. Them, Whites vs Minorities.

The sleeping dog called Racism is now a awake, thanks to those Republicans like Jan Brewer.

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