Brewer blocks undocumented immigrants from receiving public benefits

[delta22]

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Wednesday ordered state agencies to deny driver's licenses and other public benefits to young illegal immigrants who obtain work authorizations under a new Obama administration policy.

In an executive order, Brewer said she was reaffirming the intent of current Arizona law denying taxpayer-funded public benefits and state identification to illegal immigrants.

Young illegal immigrants around the nation on Wednesday began the process of applying for federal work permits under the Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

The federal policy defers deportations for that group if they meet certain criteria, including arrival in the United States before they turned 16 and no convictions for certain crimes.

After President Barack Obama announced the policy change in June, Brewer labeled it "backdoor amnesty" and political pandering by the Democratic president.

Arizona has been in the vanguard of states enacting laws against illegal immigration.

The U.S. Supreme Court in June overturned parts of the Arizona enforcement law known as SB1070 but ruled that a key provision on requiring police to ask people about their immigration status under certain circumstances can be implemented.

The Obama administration challenged that law in 2010 after Brewer signed it into law.

In the past decade, Arizona voters twice approved laws denying publicly funded services, such as in-state resident university tuition rates, to illegal immigrants unless mandated by the federal government.

Brewer's order said the policy's federal paperwork doesn't confer lawful status on illegal immigrants and won't entitle them to Arizona public benefits.

However, it said the policy change "could result in some unlawfully present aliens inappropriately gaining access to public benefits contrary to the intent of Arizona voters and lawmakers who enacted laws expressly restricting access to taxpayer funded benefits and state identification."

Brewer directed state agencies to start any necessary emergency rulemaking processes to implement her order.

State Rep. Catherine Miranda, who supports the federal program, called Brewer's action mean-spirited.

"She just continues to put obstacles in front of young people in Arizona," the Phoenix Democrat said.

Rep. Martin Quezada, D-Phoenix, said he questioned whether the order would have much practical effect under Arizona's current laws. But he said it served to demonize good kids who should be allowed to get state-issued identification and enter the workforce.

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quote " "She just continues to put obstacles in front of young people in Arizona," the Phoenix Democrat said.

No, the president is by filling jobs with illegal's.

[cris]

Morning Delta....I was just about to post this one

This is what you do when a president oversteps his authority

[Heavyduty053]

Obama is making legal what is illegal for his own advantage while we suffer....how long will it take people to wake up and send him packing.....illegal is illegal its on the books

[dinar_stud]

Brewer’s Immigration Blast At Obama Looks Like A Dud

At first blush, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer seemed to be defying the federal government once again on Wednesday night.

The Republican governor signed an executive ordersaying Arizona had no plans to give government benefits, including drivers licenses, to the tens of thousands of young, undocumented immigrants in that state who would be getting work permits and immunity from deportation under President Obama’s new immigration policy.

But while the order sounded harsh, at least one high-ranking Democrat in Arizona quickly threw cold water on it, saying Brewer’s declaration appears to be little more than hot air.

“It doesn’t seem to really do anything,” state Senate Democratic Leader David Schapira told TPM. “I see it as her once again trying to grandstand on the issue of immigration.”

The order came the same week that the Obama administration began rolling out a program to bring undocumented young people out of the shadows and give them the ability to work and do things like pay taxes. Known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the program had youths lining up throughout the nation to find out how to apply for it.

Brewer, who signed Arizona’s harsh immigration law known as SB 1070 and who has butted heads with Obama on immigration multiple times, said her executive order was a direct response to the president’s program. But whether that response actually changes the way Arizona will deal with the program is another matter.

Schapira pointed out that Arizona already had a number of strict immigration laws in place, including one that barred illegal immigrants from getting drivers licenses or state issued identification cards. The law may have already been interpreted to bar any newly immune immigrants from getting those state IDs, Schapira said. That means Brewer’s order effectively carried no weight at all.

Even the governor admitted at a news conference late in the day that nothing really changed because of her order. “It actually is no different than what was already in place,” Brewer said.

She also struggled to describe her action on a conservative talk radio show in Phoenix, saying it was only meant to guide state workers on how to handle the situation.

“It was an order to clarify where Arizona stands on this position so there would be no confusion for the directors of my agencies,” the governor said in the phone interview with KFYI’s Mike Broomhead.

Later in the same conversation, she stumbled when describing what role the state would play under the president’s new program. “We will issue an employment authorization card to these people,” Brewer said, then paused as if listening to somebody in the background. “The feds will, yeah, the feds will.”

After the order was issued, Alessandra Soler, the Arizona director of the American Civil Liberties Union, said the whole thing made it look as if Brewer didn’t really understand the law in the first place.

“This is yet another reason why Arizona has no business trying to regulate immigration matters,” Soler said in a written statement.

Yet she also added that the ACLU believes neither Brewer’s order nor the current Arizona laws will bar the newly documented young immigrants from getting state issued IDs. “This order conflicts with state and federal law because people who are granted deferred action will, in fact, have authorized presence in the United States and under Arizona law people who have authorized presence are eligible to apply for Arizona state identification,” Soler said.

Regardless, other immigration activists and people involved in politics told TPM it was too soon to know for sure whether Brewer’s order would change anything. They said immigration attorneys would be looking at the language in the coming days to figure out what, if anything, comes next.

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Edited August 16, 2012 by dinar_stud

[desimo]

A. State's Rights are a sacred element not to be trampled by the Federal government. The issue of State's Rights was a major factor in the Civil War. Obama seems to have a very little view of State's Rights. His administration is the first that I can remember, and I am somewhat long in the tooth, who has sued the States to the level they have to try and trump State's Rights by federal control.

B. It is time people stood up to this president who seems to love to tell people which laws they will and will not enforce. He has done that with ICE in telling them they will not enforce the laws of deportation. He has done that with Border Patrol by drawing them away from the hot spots and closing offices. According to law there are supposed to be some state provided benefits they do not qualify to receive. It sounds like Arizona is simply telling the president that THEY WILL enforce the laws without preference.

[cris]

Brewer’s Immigration Blast At Obama Looks Like A Dud

At first blush, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer seemed to be defying the federal government once again on Wednesday night.

Who cares what the Libs say....The Laws are in place.....No benefits

or ID's for illegal aliens.....Jan is awesome, and has shown we wont

buckle to the Socialist Agenda

[SgtFuryUSCZ]

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[Heavyduty053]

Arizona is not alone in this, Alabama is about to push their new law up a notch to. Everyone is finally getting fed up. with the lawlessness.

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I second that

[SgtFuryUSCZ]

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...and Ted Nugent, Sect'y. of Defense...!

[rccop365]

We need brewer in California...

[dinar_stud]

Who cares what the Libs say....The Laws are in place.....No benefits

or ID's for illegal aliens.....Jan is awesome, and has shown we wont

buckle to the Socialist Agenda

So now you are saying Brewer is a lib?? Because those words came from her mouth.

her own words and you still blame liberals.

[cris]

So now you are saying Brewer is a lib?? Because those words came from her mouth.

her own words and you still blame liberals.

“It doesn’t seem to really do anything,” state Senate Democratic Leader David Schapira told TPM. “I see it as her once again trying to grandstand on the issue of immigration.”

After the order was issued, Alessandra Soler, the Arizona director of the American Civil Liberties Union, said 'Blah, blah, blahblahblah'

Any other questions?

[DetroittoAZ]

Moves like this could cost your boy Romney Arizona!

[DiveDeepSix]

Moves like this could cost your boy Romney Arizona!

No this initiative was directed towards illegal Kenyans, so it shouldn't hurt Romney/Ryan a bit. Especially since the illegals shouldn't be voting anyway.

[dinar_stud]

“It doesn’t seem to really do anything,” state Senate Democratic Leader David Schapira told TPM. “I see it as her once again trying to grandstand on the issue of immigration.”

After the order was issued, Alessandra Soler, the Arizona director of the American Civil Liberties Union, said 'Blah, blah, blahblahblah'

Any other questions?

You apprently did not any of both links provided. The comments are coming out of her own mouth.

Try checking the links before you dismiss.