Countersuit Government Failed To Enforce Immigration Law

Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona announced last week that Arizona will file a countersuit against the federal government, claiming Washington has failed to enforce immigration law along the southern border.  The governor said the federal government hasn't secured the state's border with Mexico and has stuck Arizona with the costs tied to illegal immigration.

"Because the federal government has failed to protect the citizens of Arizona, I am left with no other choice," Brewer said.

Brewer went "On the Record" with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren last Thursday night and said she is "in it to win it."

"We're continually looking at arrests of drug cartels," she said. "It's just intolerable. We will fight it all all the way to the Supreme Court."

Arizona plans to sue on five different counts, including a claim that the federal government has failed to enforce immigration laws enacted by Congress and a claim it has failed to reimburse the state for costs associated with jailing criminal immigrants.

"It's outrageous the United States Department of Justice sued the people of Arizona to stop Senate Bill 1070," Brewer said. "Our message for the federal government is very simple -- use federal resources to combat the cartels who are breaking the federal law."

Arizona has a severe illegal alien problem.  The federal government won’t enforce the laws, instead suing Arizona for trying to alleviate the problem.

It’s time for the federal government to enforce immigration laws.  We have a severe illegal alien problem and it’s time to send them home.  We can’t afford the illegals.

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