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Arizona Governor to Countersue Federal Government

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Well its about time! This just releasedblockquoteh3Arizona Governor to Countersue Federal Governmenth3Thursday, February 10, 2011By Staff, Associated PressstrongPhoenix APstrong Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says she plans to file a counterlawsuit against the federal government for failing to enforce immigration laws.Brewer says her claim will be filed in the federal governments challenge to Arizonas new enforcement immigration law.The governor says the federal government hasnt secured the states border with Mexico and stuck Arizona with the costs tied to illegal immigration.The law was passed amid years of complaints that the federal government hasnt done enough to lessen the states role as the nations busiest illegal entry point.A judge blocked the most controversial portions of the law, such as a requirement that says police, while enforcing other laws, must question peoples immigration status if theres a reasonable suspicion theyre in the country illegally.blockquoteI kept asking myself, if Obama insists it is the federal governments responsibility to ensure our borders are secure and the federal government fails to perform that duty, then why cant the state of Arizona sue the federal government for failure to do their job. It looks like Jan Brewer had the same thoughts.The southern border is not secure, despite Janet Napolitanos insistence that the border is as secure now as it has ever been. The fact is, and she knows it from her tenure as Arizona Governor, that the border has never been secure.While citizens are being molested at the airports in the name of security, we leave have left the front and back doors open for anyone to enter. Real security starts at our borders and the federal government has failed us for decades.