HolyCoast: Border Patrol Boycotts Arizona for Enforcing Federal Immigration Law
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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Border Patrol Boycotts Arizona for Enforcing Federal Immigration Law

Even in Bizarro world that headline just doesn't make sense, but it's true:
Two federal agencies have joined the "boycott Arizona" trend and nixed conferences there out of concern over the state's immigration law, a Democratic Arizona congresswoman said, calling the development "very troubling."

Any cancellations by the Department of Education and the U.S. Border Patrol may have been more out of a desire to steer clear of controversy than outright protest of the law. But Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who has written to dozens of cities and groups in a campaign to persuade them to end their boycotts, said it was disturbing to learn that the federal government would withdraw from the state over the issue.

"It is very troubling when the federal government becomes involved in a boycott against our state," Giffords said in a written statement. "Although I personally disagree with the immigration law, it came about because of growing frustration over the federal government's unwillingness to secure the border. The federal government's participation in this boycott only adds to that frustration."
How long until Obama orders the Border Patrol officers out of Arizona?

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