Obama's bull on the border

IBD:

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There's something disingenuous about the president's plan to deploy 1,200 National Guard troops to the Arizona border to help the Border Patrol catch illegal aliens.

His director of immigration and customs enforcement, John Morton, has said he might not enforce immigration crimes reported by Arizona officials, though the state's new law merely copies federal law. Morton is director of ICE, not chief justice of the Supreme Court. He was not rebuked by his boss.

Keep in mind that both Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano have attacked the Arizona law that both admitted they hadn't read. And when the president and members of his administration applaud Mexican President Felipe Calderon's interference in our internal affairs, we can be forgiven for thinking he is not serious about border security.

As Sen. Jeff Sessions said, Obama's request for Guard deployment would be a good first step if it were "followed with a commitment to vigorous work-site enforcement, full cooperation with state and local law enforcement officials, strong support for completion of the border fence and all other necessary border measures." Instead, we get talk of "comprehensive immigration reform," administration newspeak for amnesty and a new host of likely Democratic voters.

That Obama didn't bother to tell Arizona's embattled and courageous governor about his plans is also noteworthy. His administration is too busy criticizing her enforcement of federal law, which Obama, with Calderon at his side, called a "misdirected effort."

Nor did he consider the need to deploy the Guard before Arizona rancher Robert Krentz was murdered or before Arizona passed its law, protecting its border in a manner the feds failed to do.

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Obama is playing politics with Arizona trying to stir his moribund base instead of making a serious effort to close the border. He has more of a bull fighter's approach where he waves the illegals trough with his cape so they can become Democrat voters. It is a pretty disgusting charade. It is another reason why people should vote against Democrats this fall.

BTW, Jeff Sessions has articulated what "comprehensive" immigration reform should be instead of what Democrats intend.

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