Brewer Tries to Keep Foreign Governments Out of Immigration Lawsuit

By
Wednesday, October 06, 2010 at 3:32 pm

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is protesting a federal court’s decision to allow foreign governments to file “friend-of-the-court” briefs in the Justice Department’s lawsuit against Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration law. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which will hear the case in November, ruled Monday that Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru and Chile could file briefs in the case — no doubt highly critical of the law.

“As do many citizens, I find it incredibly offensive that these foreign governments are using our court system to meddle in a domestic legal dispute and to oppose the rule of law,” Brewer said in a statement after Arizona filed a motion Tuesday to disallow the briefs.
The Justice Department’s lawsuit against Arizona argues the state’s immigration law could have negative affects on U.S. foreign relations:

S.B. 1070 also interferes with U.S. foreign affairs priorities and rejects any concern for humanitarian interests or broader security objectives, and will thus harm a range of U.S. interests. Thus, because S.B. 1070 attempts to set state-specific immigration policy, it legislates in an area constitutionally reserved to the federal government, conflicts with the federal immigration laws and federal immigration policy, conflicts with foreign policy… and is therefore preempted.

Briefs from foreign governments, then, could be helpful to the Justice Department’s case. Latin American governments have been critical of the law, claiming it could harm their relations with the United States. Mexican politicians even argued it could lead to more violence along the border because Mexican police would be less likely to interact with their American counterparts.

Arizona has support from 11 other states that have filed “friend-of-the-court” briefs defending its law: Michigan, Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas and Virginia. Worth noting: The attorneys general who filed the briefs in Michigan, Florida and Pennsylvania were seeking the Republican nomination for governor at the time.

Follow Elise Foley on Twitter


Comments

23 Comments

Brewer Tries to Keep Foreign Governments Out of Immigration Lawsuit – The Washington Independent | Law Advice
Pingback posted October 6, 2010 @ 3:59 pm

[...] Brewer Tries to Keep Foreign Governments Out of Immigration LawsuitThe Washington IndependentLatin American governments have been critical of the law, claiming it could harm their relations with the United States. Mexican politicians even argued it …Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer slams 'foreign interference' in immigration lawsuitPolitico (blog)Jan Brewer Rails Against “Foreign Interference” in SB 1070 DebateColorLines magazineGOVERNOR JAN BREWER OBJECTS TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENT IN SB 1070 LAWSUITThe Cypress Timesall 136 news articles » [...]


Tweets that mention Brewer Tries to Keep Foreign Governments Out of Immigration Lawsuit « The Washington Independent -- Topsy.com
Pingback posted October 6, 2010 @ 4:15 pm

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Penny's Pantry, Fernando Sabines and r3publican, WashIndependent. WashIndependent said: Brewer Tries to Keep Foreign Governments Out of Immigration Lawsuit http://bit.ly/aJ3UpT [...]


Brewer Tries to Keep Foreign Governments Out of Immigration Lawsuit – The Washington Independent | FinanceLogger.com
Pingback posted October 6, 2010 @ 4:47 pm

[...] Brewer Tries to Keep Foreign Governments Out of Immigration LawsuitThe Washington IndependentLatin American governments have been critical of the law, claiming it could harm their relations with the United States. Mexican politicians even argued it …Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer slams 'foreign interference' in immigration lawsuitPolitico (blog)Jan Brewer Rails Against “Foreign Interference” in SB 1070 DebateColorLines magazineGOVERNOR JAN BREWER OBJECTS TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENT IN SB 1070 LAWSUITThe Cypress Timesall 137 news articles » [...]


Brewer Unhappy About Court Ruling | Brewer No Esta Feliz Con La Decision De La Corte
Pingback posted October 6, 2010 @ 7:56 pm

[...] The Washington Independent, “Brewer Tries to Keep Foreign Governments Out of Immigration Lawsuit.” [...]


vabelle
Comment posted October 6, 2010 @ 8:18 pm

Amicus brief by a foreigner, filed in the open is “incredibly offensive”; a real abomination. But, buying our elections, with foreign money is perfectly OK (according to the SCOTUS). Because it's done in secret?


borderraven
Comment posted October 6, 2010 @ 8:22 pm

Amendment XI – Judicial Limits. Ratified 2/7/1795.

“The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.”


borderraven
Comment posted October 6, 2010 @ 8:30 pm

While the federal government may have original jurisdiction to enforce federal immigration laws, and declare war, the federal government does not have exclusive jurisdiction to enforce federal immigration laws. Under laws enacted by Congress, states have concurrent jurisdiction and are requested and encouraged to assist the enforcement of federal immigration laws. US States are encouraged to engage in war, if invaded.
See: Article 1 Section 10, Clause 3 and Article 4 Section 4.

Article 1 Section 10 of the US Constitution says, [PARAPHRASED]
“every state in the union, shall, without the Consent of Congress, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, or engage in War, when actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.”

Article II, section 3, of the US Constitution, says [PARAPHRASED] “The President, shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.”

Article 4 Section 4 of the US Constitution [PARAPHRASED] says, “every state in the union, is responsible to every state in the union, for securing our union against invasion.”

32CFR215.4(a) says state and local governments must keep order under Posse Comitatus, but if they cannot, then they can request federal aid, or the President can suspend Posse Comitatus, and order Martial Law.


World Wide News Flash
Trackback posted October 7, 2010 @ 4:31 am

Brewer Tries to Keep Foreign Governments Out of Immigration ……

I found your entry interesting do I’ve added a Trackback to it on my weblog :)…


??????? ????? ???? ???? ???? ????? ???? ?????
Pingback posted October 7, 2010 @ 5:20 am

[...] Brewer Tries to Keep Foreign Governments Out of Immigration … [...]


Lsx0130
Comment posted October 7, 2010 @ 5:17 am

The ugg types boots are your best choice in this cold winter.


“Brewer Tries to Keep Foreign Governments Out of Immigration Lawsuit” and related posts | Hot News Update
Pingback posted October 7, 2010 @ 6:48 am

[...] View full post upon US – Google Blog Search [...]


“Brewer Tries to Keep Foreign Governments Out of Immigration Lawsuit” and related posts | World News Today
Pingback posted October 7, 2010 @ 8:11 am

[...] full post upon US – Google Blog Search [...]


“Brewer Tries to Keep Foreign Governments Out of Immigration Lawsuit” and related posts | US News Update
Pingback posted October 7, 2010 @ 8:31 am

[...] full post upon US – Google Blog Search [...]


“Brewer Tries to Keep Foreign Governments Out of Immigration Lawsuit” and related posts | US News Today
Pingback posted October 7, 2010 @ 8:51 am

[...] full post upon US – Google Blog Search [...]


“Brewer Tries to Keep Foreign Governments Out of Immigration Lawsuit” and related posts | US News Update
Pingback posted October 7, 2010 @ 9:03 am

[...] View full post upon US – Google Blog Search [...]


“Brewer Tries to Keep Foreign Governments Out of Immigration Lawsuit” and related posts | Popular News Today
Pingback posted October 7, 2010 @ 9:12 am

[...] full post on US – Google Blog Search Share and [...]


Facts
Comment posted October 7, 2010 @ 2:15 pm

THE FACTS ARE THAT JAN BREWER AND THE REPUBLICANS ARE DOING THIS TO GET REELECTED, HERE ARE FACTS.

1, HOW MUCH MONEY $$$$$$$ IS ALLOCATED TO ENFORCE THIS LAW?? NONE.

2, HOW MANY NEW POLICEMEN / WOMEN SHES HIRED TO HOLD AND PROCESS THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS? NONE.

3, HOW MANY NEW IMMIGRATION JUDGES SHES HIRED TO PROCESS THE THOUSANDS OF DEPORTATION CASES?? NONE.

4, HOW MANY NEW JAILS SHES BUILT TO HOLD THE THOUSANDS OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS? NONE.

5, HOW MANY BUSES / PLANES SHES BROUGHT TO DEPORT THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF THOSE WHO ARE ORDERED BY THE IMMIGRATION JUDGES TO BE DEPORTED?? NONE.

CAN ANYONE ANSWER THESE FACTS? THE REPUBLICAN STATES ARE TRYING TO MAKE THIS THEIR PLATFORM, THEY WILL LOSE BIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG TIME.
ALL ARE GODS CHILDREN. NO HUMAN IS ABOVE ANOTHER. ALL ARE CREATED BY ONE ALMIGHTY GOD WHO LOVES ALL HIS CHILDREN.
I AM NOT SAYING DON'T CLOSE THE BORDERS I AM SAYING STOP THE FOOLISH HATE AND IGNORANCE.

Prison Industry Ties to Anti-Immigration Bills
Tweet Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon Yahoo! Buzz By Elise Foley 9/17/10 11:06 AM

The private detention industry stands to gain substantially from a growing immigrant detention system, so it’s no accident that a lobbying group partially funded by Corrections Corporation of America, or CCA, which operates some of the country’s largest private detention facilities, has had a hand in crafting both Arizona’s harsh SB 1070 immigration law and, now, the copycat bills springing up across the country.

Ties between Arizona lawmakers and CCA are not news, but Think Progress has a good run down of the key points: SB 1070 was drafted with help from the American Legislative Exchange Council, which helps the private sector write legislation for states. CCA, which is slated to receive $74 million for immigration detention centers in the 2010 fiscal year, helps fund the group.

CCA also has close, direct ties with Arizona lawmakers. Gov. Jan Brewer’s deputy chief of staff formerly worked as a lobbyist for CCA — his wife still works as a lobbyist there — and Brewer’s campaign chairman runs a lobbying firm that represents the prison corporation.

Similar ties can be found between CCA and lawmakers in other states who have pushed for anti-immigration laws, such as Tennessee and Colorado. (Read the full rundown for the states here.) And CCA routinely gives money to state lawmakers, both Democrats and Republicans, that have direct connections to the detention business, as The Texas Independent reported last month.

Why is it important? Think Progress explains how anti-immigration bills could help the prison industry make a profit:

http://wildcat.arizona.edu/perspectives/anti-immigration-hysteria-tied-to-the-private-prison-industry-1.1572422
Gov. Jan Brewer, who signed S.B. 1070 into law, and the legislation’s principal architect, Russell Pearce, both have extensive financial ties to the private prison industry powerhouse Corrections Corporation of America, a company which stands to profit in the sum of millions if Arizona’s “papers please” legislation is enacted.

CCA, one of the leading providers of detention and correction services in the country, holds the contract to imprison all federal detainees in the state of Arizona. S.B. 1070 would lead to more arrests on federal immigration charges, causing money to pour into the gargantuan coffers of the private prison industry and directly into the bank accounts of those who are financially tied to it.

Republican state senator Pearce submitted a draft version of S.B. 1070 to the American Legislative Exchange Council for revision months before the bill was introduced to the floor of the Arizona Senate. Pearce is one of 35 Arizona legislators who belong to this organization.

Two years prior, ALEC was the recipient of millions of dollars in contributions from CCA and Geo Group, two of the largest private prison companies in the state.

Pearce’s financial records also indicate that the political action committees funded by both CCA and Geo Group have donated the maximum amount allowable to his campaign.

Gov. Jan Brewer’s deputy chief of staff, Paul Senseman, is a former CCA lobbyist. His wife Kathryn Senseman currently lobbies the state legislature on behalf of the company.

Still more damning is the fact that the governor’s leading policy advisor, J. Charles “Chuck” Coughlin, is the president of Highground Consulting, the lobbying firm which represents CCA’s interests in Arizona.

CCA also contributed a total of $10,000 dollars to the Prop 100 campaign earlier this year, an initiative, along with S.B. 1070, which set the stage for Brewer’s reelection bid.

Phoenix CBS affiliate KPHO was among the first to report on this glaring conflict of interest. In retaliation, the Brewer campaign pulled ll advertisements from the network.
—————————————————————————————————

The economics of immigration, Stephen C. Goss, the chief actuary of the Social Security Administration and someone who enjoys bipartisan support for his straightforwardness, said that by 2007, the Social Security trust fund had received a net benefit of somewhere between $120 billion and $240 billion from unauthorized immigrants.

That represented an astounding 5.4 percent to 10.7 percent of the trust fund's total assets of $2.24 trillion that year. The cumulative contribution is surely higher now. Unauthorized immigrants paid a net contribution of $12 billion in 2007 alone, Goss said.

Previous estimates circulating publicly and in Congress had placed the annual contributions at roughly half of Goss's 2007 figure and listed the cumulative benefit on the order of $50 billion.

The Social Security trust fund faces a solvency crisis that would be even more pressing were it not for these payments.

Adding to the Social Security irony is that the restrictionists are mostly OLDER AND RETIRED WHITES from longtime American families. The very people, in other words, who benefit most from the Social Security payments by unauthorized immigrants.

——————————————————-

Moments after signing Arizona's tough new immigration law in April, Gov. Jan Brewer was asked WHAT A ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT LOOKS LIKE????

The question, posed during a news conference that was broadcast live on TV, seemed to catch Brewer off guard. After a long pause, she said, “I DON'T KNOW WHAT A ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT LOOKS LIKE. I can tell you that there are people in Arizona that ASS-U-ME they know what an illegal immigrant looks like. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY KNOW THAT FOR A FACT OR NOT.”

Her answer cut to the very heart of the controversy surrounding the law, which takes effect July 29. Although there are many people who assume they know what an illegal immigrant looks like, the fact is, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE to tell a person's immigration status by appearance, experts say.

So despite assurances to the contrary, some civil-rights groups and others fear that enforcement of the law will lead to racial profiling. Several lawsuits already raise worries of civil-rights violations, and a group of Arizona law professors concluded the law authorizes enforcement based on ethnicity. That, they allege, would mean officers would end up harassing and possibly detaining people who aren't illegal immigrants.

The vast majority of illegal immigrants are Hispanic. But most Hispanics in Arizona are not illegal immigrants – they are legal residents or U.S. citizens, many with roots dating back generations.

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2010/07/18/20100718illegal-immigration-profiling.html#ixzz0u2wY1a1d

What both these Republicans FORGOT to Mention in their SPIN POLITICS is that

It’s all about economics! Removing undocumented workers from the U.S. would total a loss of $1.8 trillion in annual spending and $651.5 billion in annual economic output, according to a study by the economic analysis firm The Perryman Group. It would cost about $28 billion per year to apprehend illegal immigrants, $6 billion a year to detain them, $500 million for extra beds, $2 million to judicially process them and $1.6 billion to transport them home. $230 Billion is the estimated amount it would cost over the next five years to enact the scenario of the mass-deportation caucus and deport the undocumented population, according to a report by the Center for American Progress. Legalization of undocumented immigrants would significantly expand the economy—by a cumulative $1.5 trillion in gross domestic product over 10 years. A deportation approach, by contrast, would have the cumulative effect of draining $2.5 trillion over 10 years from the U.S. economy. Illegal immigrants are paying their share of taxes, they pay the same taxes as you and me when they purchase anything, They don't carry a card that says Undocumented Immigrant, DON'T CHARGE TAXES
Start looking at FACTS & NUMBERS.

Who’s behind these laws?

FOLLOW THE MONEY$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Many may want them gone, but illegal immigrants in Oklahoma can be good business.

So say county officials who handle the purse strings of some sheriff's departments in the state. Millions in revenue for transporting and detaining immigrants for the federal government have financed jobs, departments and, in some cases, entire jails.

“It's a good business plan,” said Tim Albin, chief of the services division that oversees the budget for the Tulsa County Sheriffs Department. “It allows us to bank and put money back and carry over for other things.”

Read more: http://newsok.com/jailing-immigrants-adds-funds-for-some-counties/article/3489827#ixzz0yC9uF24O

The Immigration Reform Law Institute, or IRLI, the legal arm of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, or FAIR, drafted the Arizona law and most of the copycat bills. The Southern Poverty Law Center designated FAIR a hate group because of its founder’s writings, its repeated participation with white nationalist groups, and its receipt of major funding from a racist organization.

Copycat laws frequently rely on the work of attorney Kris Kobach, who works for IRLI. Kobach’s lawyering has cost localities who have hired him millions of dollars while the laws have been found unconstitutional. The Arizona law was brought forth by State Senator Russell Pearce, who the Arizona press has described as having a history of associating with neo-Nazis and sending anti-Semitic emails.


Facts
Comment posted October 7, 2010 @ 2:16 pm

Before you Scream and show Ignorance and Hate at least read the Immigration Law regarding Undocumented Immigrants.

THE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS ARE PAYING MORE TAXES THAN YOU THINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Eight million Undocumented immigrants pay Social Security, Medicare and income taxes. Denying public services to people who pay their taxes is an affront to America’s bedrock belief in fairness. But many “pull-up-the-drawbridge” politicians want to do just that when it comes to Undocumented immigrants.

The fact that Undocumented immigrants pay taxes at all will come as news to many Americans. A stunning two thirds of Undocumented immigrants pay Medicare, Social Security and personal income taxes.

Yet, nativists like Congressman Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., have popularized the notion that illegal aliens are a colossal drain on the nation’s hospitals, schools and welfare programs — consuming services that they don’t pay for.

In reality, the 1996 welfare reform bill disqualified Undocumented immigrants from nearly all means tested government programs including food stamps, housing assistance, Medicaid and Medicare-funded hospitalization.

The only services that illegals can still get are emergency medical care and K-12 education. Nevertheless, Tancredo and his ilk pushed a bill through the House criminalizing all aid to illegal aliens — even private acts of charity by priests, nurses and social workers.

Potentially, any soup kitchen that offers so much as a free lunch to an illegal could face up to five years in prison and seizure of assets. The Senate bill that recently collapsed would have tempered these draconian measures against private aid.

But no one — Democrat or Republican — seems to oppose the idea of withholding public services. Earlier this year, Congress passed a law that requires everyone who gets Medicaid — the government-funded health care program for the poor — to offer proof of U.S. citizenship so we can avoid “theft of these benefits by illegal aliens,” as Rep. Charlie Norwood, R-Ga., puts it. But, immigrants aren’t flocking to the United States to mooch off the government.

According to a study by the Urban Institute, the 1996 welfare reform effort dramatically reduced the use of welfare by undocumented immigrant households, exactly as intended. And another vital thing happened in 1996: the Internal Revenue Service began issuing identification numbers to enable illegal immigrants who don’t have Social Security numbers to file taxes.

One might have imagined that those fearing deportation or confronting the prospect of paying for their safety net through their own meager wages would take a pass on the IRS’ scheme. Not so. Close to 8 million of the 12 million or so illegal aliens in the country today file personal income taxes using these numbers, contributing billions to federal coffers.

No doubt they hope that this will one day help them acquire legal status — a plaintive expression of their desire to play by the rules and come out of the shadows. What’s more, aliens who are not self-employed have Social Security and Medicare taxes automatically withheld from their paychecks.

Since undocumented workers have only fake numbers, they’ll never be able to collect the benefits these taxes are meant to pay for. Last year, the revenues from these fake numbers — that the Social Security administration stashes in the “earnings suspense file” — added up to 10 percent of the Social Security surplus.

The file is growing, on average, by more than $50 billion a year. Beyond federal taxes, all illegals automatically pay state sales taxes that contribute toward the upkeep of public facilities such as roads that they use, and property taxes through their rent that contribute toward the schooling of their children.

The non-partisan National Research Council found that when the taxes paid by the children of low-skilled immigrant families — most of whom are illegal — are factored in, they contribute on average $80,000 more to federal coffers than they consume. Yes, many illegal migrants impose a strain on border communities on whose doorstep they first arrive, broke and unemployed.

To solve this problem equitably, these communities ought to receive the surplus taxes that federal government collects from immigrants. But the real reason border communities are strained is the lack of a guest worker program.

Such a program would match willing workers with willing employers in advance so that they wouldn’t be stuck for long periods where they disembark while searching for jobs. The cost of undocumented aliens is an issue that immigrant bashers have created to whip up indignation against people they don’t want here in the first place.

With the Senate having just returned from yet another vacation and promising to revisit the stalled immigration bill, politicians ought to set the record straight: Illegals are not milking the government. If anything, it is the other way around.

The Undocumented Immigrants pay the exact same amount of taxes like you and me when they buy Things, rent a house, fill up gas, drink a beer or wine, buy appliances, play the states lottery and mega millions . Below are the links to just a few sites that will show you exactly how much tax you or the Undocumented Immigrant pays , so you see they are NOT FREELOADERS, THEY PAY TAXES AND TOLLS Exactly the same as you, Now if you take out 10% from your states /city Budget what will your city/state look like financially ?

Stop your folly thinking , you are wise USE YOUR WISDOM to see the reality. They pay more taxes than you think, Including FEDERAL INCOME TAX using a ITN Number that is given to them by the IRS, Social Security Taxes and State taxes that are withheld form their paychecks automatically.

Taxes, paid by You & the Undocumented are the same in each state check your state : http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/sales.html

GAS Taxes paid by you & the Undocumented are the same. Go to and check out your states tax; http://www.gaspricewatch.com/usgastaxes.asp

Cigarette Taxes paid by you & the Undocumented are the same, check this out in : http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/cigarett.html

Clothing Sales Taxes, are the same paid by you & the Undocumented Immigrant; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales_taxes_in_the_United_States

City Taxes, are the same paid by you or the Undocumented, since he pays rent and the LANDLORD pays the city : http://www.town-usa.com/statetax/statetaxlist.html

Beer Taxes, are the same paid by you or the Undocumented: http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/beer.html

TAX DATA : http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/show/245.html


Jmberry2001
Comment posted October 7, 2010 @ 3:15 pm

The other nations of the world have no business interfering with our lawmaking processes any more than we do with theirs. These other nation like Mexico have a vested interest in sending as many of thier citizens here, legally or else, as possible.

One of the reasons Mexico so opposes AZSB1070 is because they know it will work to keep their people out of the US without permission. If fact they know a lot of our immigration control ideas will be effective because they have already adopted them.

While they scream and howl and call us “racist” and “xenophobic” for building a fence on our border, they are quite busy using American Foriegn Aid to build a fence along THEIR southern border.

Our Founding Fathers warned us against allowing undue foriegn interference. They were right.

These “friends of the court” need to have thier amicus briefs dismissed because they are certainly no friends of America.


Mysilverstate.com-Where progressive netizens unite
Trackback posted October 12, 2010 @ 3:41 pm

Poll: Economists lower expectations for growth through 2011, saying economy still ‘sensitive’…

I found your entry interesting do I’ve added a Trackback to it on my weblog :)…


Mysilverstate.com-Where progressive netizens unite
Trackback posted October 13, 2010 @ 2:40 am

Economy To Grow, But At A Slower Pace…

I found your entry interesting do I’ve added a Trackback to it on my weblog :)…


Brewer Tries to Keep Foreign Governments Out of Immigration Lawsuit North Capitol Street
Pingback posted December 10, 2010 @ 11:53 pm

[...] View full post on The Washington Independent [...]


2037689
Comment posted September 7, 2011 @ 12:38 pm

2037689 beers on the wall. sck was here


RSS feed for comments on this post.

Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.