The Arizona Fallout

I think that's an apt title, considering prominent conservatives and former Bush officials aren't exactly cozy with the idea. But then, there are others who hint that we should actually take a more hardline approach - as if the new law in Arizona doesn't make America look bad enough.

Here's something that Arizona's governor might not understand - she has just put her state on the path to economic ruin.

From a tourism aspect ( from both Mexico and within the United States ) this law is disastrous from the start. Considering that amount of revenue that state brings in from people travelling just to see sporting events is incentive enough to not have a law this draconian.

And it's more than just tourism that's going to be effected. Companies that do business with Arizona and ship goods into the state are already looking at boycotts. It's a domino effect that conservatives are largely ignoring. So what do conservatives think of this bill, while they ignore it's far-reaching implications? Why not ask resident spokesmodel Caribou Barbie:



So despite what Karl Rove says and thinks of the new immigration law in Arizona, full time PR pornstar Sarah Palin still has to prove she's all "mavericky" and junk by insisting this law isn't something that it clearly is.

But conservatives ( and that includes Fox"News" ) aren't staying on message with this issue like one might expect them to. Even Marco Rubio ( the conservative movements new poster boy, now that Scott Brown was proven to be a dud ) says he has concerns with the law. There is a definite and palpable rift forming amongst that Republican party. One side wants to appear tough on immigration while the other is trying to hold onto as many votes as they can.

So what do local law enforce officials have to say?

Here's Tuscon Police Chief Roberto Villasenor yesterday afternoon on NPR:

It's going to cause some concerns for us. As a local law enforcement chief taking on the responsibility of federal immigration enforcement is something that we really don't have the resources to accomplish. And so that's one of the concerns we have. And also, I think that there's really not enough definition of what the requirements are going to be for local law enforcement in this regard, and there are some definitions that the governor has tasked our Arizona state agency, Arizona post to define what reasonable suspicion will look like in regards to this law.

Who are you going to believe then - A law enforcement official who sees that the application of this law is going to be hurtful to his fellow officers and the citizenry of Arizona and any non-white person that happens to be visiting or Sarah Palin and Sean Hannity?

One final aspect of this story that the major media outlets are reporting on ( yet ) is that the author of the new immigration law has very close ties to Neo-Nazis. Yeah, he's the guy we want writing immigration laws.