On the recordApril 28, 2010
Mr. Speaker, in a recent editorial praising Arizona for its action to enforce immigration laws, Investor's Business Daily said the following: ``There are 460,000 illegal immigrants in Arizona, a number that increases daily, placing an undue burden on the State's schools, hospitals, and law enforcement. Arizona has a window seat to an illegal invasion and on the escalating and violent drug war in Mexico that has put American lives and society at risk. ``President Obama calls Arizona's tough new law `irresponsible' and `misguided.' But it wouldn't be necessary if the Federal Government fulfilled its responsibilities to secure the border. We are a Nation of immigrants--legal immigrants--but we are also a Nation of laws that 70 percent of Arizonans and most Americans want to see enforced. The first duty of the Federal Government is to protect the rights, property, and lives of U.S. citizens.'' I couldn't agree more. ____________________
