The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution by a 3-2 vote to boycott Arizona despite numerous objections from county residents. It was supervisors Michael Antonovich and Don Knabe who did not want the boycott and Zev Yaroslavsky, Mark Ridley-Thomas and Gloria Molina who voted to boycott the Grand Canyon State.
In an article from the Los Angeles Times, Supervisor Molina said, "This law simply goes too far. A lot of people have pointed out that I am sworn as an L.A. County supervisor to uphold the Constitution. All I can say is that I believe that Arizona's law is unconstitutional."
A statement from Supervisor Antonovich reads a lot differently; "The propaganda by both the media and others is intentionally misleading because Arizona’s law mirrors federal law. Rather than debating a boycott, this Board should hold our federal representatives accountable for their failure to act on immigration reform but also for their failure to reimburse costs incurred by local government.
One of the residents speaking out against the boycott was Jamiel Shaw Sr. whose son was gunned down by an alleged illegal immigrant.
While his mother was serving the country in Iraq, Jamiel Shaw Jr. was shot and killed on his way home from the mall. He was 17-years old. The kicker is that he was allegedly murdered by a Mexican gang member who was released from prison less than 24 hours earlier and the killer was in the country illegally plus he had a lengthy criminal record.
His father, Jamiel Shaw Sr. said in an interview with Fox News that if California would have had a similar law to Arizona’s SB1070 his son would be alive today. Shaw spoke at the LA County Board meeting denouncing the county board for boycotting Arizona when they should be protecting California residents.
The politicians, the Sheriff Department and the LA Police Department say they don’t have to enforce the 287G law, Shaw said. Yet, “these immigrants want you to feel sorry for their plight because they are coming here for the American dream, but they’re giving us the American nightmare.”
The vote didn’t escape the contentious Republican gubernatorial race candidate Steve Poizner and he joined L.A. County Supervisor Antonovich to condemn the recent vote by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to boycott Arizona.
“Supervisor Antonovich demonstrated both courage and wisdom in standing up for a state’s right to demand that federal immigration laws be enforced. Supervisor Antonovich is correct to focus the Board on the real needs of the citizens of Los Angeles County, such as trying to stop the flow of illegal immigration,” said Poizner. “As governor, I will crack down on illegal immigration by ending the economic magnets that draw undocumented workers to California. I’m the only candidate to call for the revocation of business licenses of any employer that knowingly hires undocumented workers.”
Poizner also announced a new policy initiative that builds on his aggressive immigration proposals for the state of California. He promised that he will issue an executive order requiring all businesses contracting with California state agencies to verify the employment eligibility of their employees.
Furthermore, Poizner said he will conduct an extensive audit of all state contractors to identify any that have hired illegal immigrants.
“States must engage in bold, definitive action to stop illegal immigration. That’s why I support both the 2007 Arizona law, which cracked down on employer hiring of illegal immigrants, as well as Arizona’s recently passed immigration law. As governor, I will take the steps necessary to ensure that employers are following the law and that taxpayer dollars aren’t going to state contractors that hire illegal immigrants.”
A new Quinnipiac poll released this week found that nearly three-fourths of U.S. voters think boycotting Arizona is not a good idea. The national survey also said that most Americans support the law itself by a margin of 51 to 31 percent.
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Ordering 1200 federal troops in non-combat positions will be another nail in the procrastinating coffins of indifferent lawmakers who refuse to enforce our laws. Fresh faces in the Capitol may change the mindset and not to be manipulated by entities of financial gain and ethnic passions listening finally to the taxpayers. AMERICA HAS BEEN OCCUPIED, with not only just desperate people looking for jobs, but undisclosed numbers of heinous criminals hiding from their countries police or committing criminal acts on a grand scale in our nation. Learn the regressive policies, costs and overpopulation issues at NumbersUSA.
This time I am sure these issues will—NOT—go away and will be a serious dilemma in both parties through the highly publicized quandary of Arizona. WHETHER THE STATE OF ARIZONA HAS FALLEN VICTIM TO ETHNOCENTRALISTS OR OPEN BORDER DENIZENS, THE 20 to 30 MILLION ILLEGAL ALIEN PROBLEMS, WILL NOT WITHER AWAY. Those pro-amnesty politicians, who remain obstinate in pushing any new law, will find it will backfire and any incumbent such as Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) will lose their seat of power. Reid and others alike who have brought attention to themselves by either tabling enforcement laws or quietly cutting funding to the—SECOND FENCE along the Southern border, smothering E-Verify, Policing law 287 (G) and under funding the Border Patrol.
The controversy of illegal immigration has finally erupted like magma from a volcano and can no longer be kept silenced by those who are in Washington. The pyroclastic flow of foreign nationals has reached every corner of this country and cannot be separated from the huge costs of welfare associated with it. Decades have gone by and nothing has been done to seal the border. Each party has an instilled fear of enacting enforcement laws, because they are pressured by both wealthy business lobbyists and ethnic caucuses. Both sides of the corrupt coin will never advance on any kind of law, because the Dem-Liberal sides demand a path to citizenship and Conservatives (Not Republicans have their own agenda) are ardently against any form of Amnesty.) New laws may be added to enhance the 1986 Immigration Control and Reform Act, but the 72 percent of Americans will not retreat by serving a path to citizenship of anybody who breaks our laws.
Wow! 3 to 2. That's exactly the same margin that my family voted to boycott California for this year's (and all subsequent years) vacation. Arizona seems much more attractive. Warm temperature, reasonable prices, terrific locations to visit. Regardless of how the self serving politicians and bureaucrats, and the media for that matter, try to spin the narrative, pragmatism and logic will out. Too many people competing for the same limited resources is NOT sane, sustainable social, economic or environmental policy. Virtually every industrialized nation, China, Mexico, Great Britain, the European Union, most of Asiaa, the Middle East, have adopted zero tolerance policies for illegal aliens, and strict enforcement and deportation policies as well. It's dangerously misguided to suggest that the United States not do likewise.
You just do the opocite boicot L.A. and support Arizona!!!
Brittanicus; I agree with you; but I wonder when the American people will wake up to the fact that the most heinous criminals are in fact sitting in Washington right now? The sad fact is they have OCCUPIED this NATION for decades. Time to take a look at many issues.
Boycott Arizona! Say no to racial profiling. Say no to gestapo tactics. Say no to fascism in the USA.
Yeah! Arizona don like us. We go to LA now. <smile>
ANTONOVICH ALWAYS MAKES SO MUCH SENSE IN THE OPINIONS HE EXPRESSES. A REALLY HONESTPOLIICIAN. HARD TO FIND!!
LA aint nothing but a 3rd world ghetto. I guess I can't say I'm boycotting them because I would never go there. Except maybe Hollywood. No the men are all sissies and the women just makeup and surgery. Not an authentic person in the whole town. I’m going to AZ and see the beautiful Sonoran Desert. And I’m bringing my gun. In case I see any "Ugly Mexicans". <remember the Ugly American, you old folks?
I support the Arizona law and I believe that illegal immigration is wrong! Furthermore, I believe that if someone comes here illegally, they should never be allowed back in - no matter what.
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