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Badlands: For Those Living in the Arizona County That’s Ground Zero for Drug and Human Trafficking Along the Border, the Illegal Immigration Crisis Is Personal

Phoenix New Times: “On April 27, Janet Napolitano pronounced that the border separating the United States from the Republic of Mexico is more secure than ever. . . . But Napolitano’s words rang hollow to those who live at or near the border in Cochise County . . . . The executive and legislative branches of the federal government have set up Cochise County for disaster by not coming up with a border policy to effectively handle what’s known as “‘llegal immigration’.”

Terry Goddard, Arizona’s Spineless Attorney General, Betrays His Base of Supporters

Phoenix New Times: “Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, who recently slipped Sand Land’s Hispanic population an ice pick to the kidney by vowing to ‘vigorously defend’ the law if and when the feds file suit. See, Goddard, a Democrat, wants to be governor, just like his daddy was long ago. But since Republican Governor Jan Brewer signed SB 1070 on April 23, she’s shot past Goddard in the polls, as if someone spiked her prune juice with crystal meth.”

Immigration-law Supporters Plan Rallies at Arizona Capitol

Arizona Republic: “Backers of Arizona’s new immigration law will rally at the state Capitol on Saturday and the following weekend in another round of demonstrations over the controversial legislation.”

Gov. Brewer, Obama to Discuss Border

Arizona Republic: “Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said she will paint a picture of her state as ‘under siege’ by Mexican drug cartels and illegal immigrants when she meets today with President Barack Obama.”

Arizona Governor & Attorney General Fight Over Who Will Defend Arizona’s Immigration Law in Court

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard first said he opposed Arizona’s immigration law and would not defend the law from court challenges. The Arizona legislature passed House Bill 2162, a law that allows the governor to “direct counsel other than the attorney general to appear on behalf of this state to defend any challenge” to Arizona’s immigration law. Now that Terry Goddard, prospective Democrat candidate for Arizona Governor in the next election, realizes that the vast majority of Arizona voters approve the law, he now wants to defend the law in court so he can take political credit while opposing the law. Mr. Goddard was against Arizona’s immigration law before he was in favor of it.

Rather than following Arizona law, i.e., HB 2162, the Arizona Attorney General believes he can ignore it and can pick and chose which Arizona laws to defend based on his political views, rather than whether or not a law needs his representation in court because the State of Arizona is a party to the lawsuit. Mr. Attorney General refuses to represent Arizona in its lawsuit challenging Obamacare. The Arizona Governor correctly does not want the law to be defended by somebody who opposes it. Now the Governor and the Attorney General are sparring over who will represent Arizona in litigation involving SB 1070.