Arizona, a Sovereign State, Reported to UN Human Rights Commission
Last week, Obama’s State Department submitted a pretty odd report “to the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.” Odd because in a report to the U.N. on Human Rights violations the Obama Administration included a report on Arizona’s law to stop illegal immigration.
As Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer responded , “The idea of our own American government submitting the duly enacted laws of a State of the United States to ‘review’ by the United Nations is internationalism run amok and unconstitutional. Human rights as guaranteed by the United States and Arizona Constitutions are expressly protected in S.B. 1070 [the Arizona Immigration Bill] and defended vigorously by my Administration.”
Ironically, the State Department document also refers to the Obama administration’s “robust protections for freedom of expression” and says “the government does not punish or penalize those who peacefully express their views in the public sphere, even when those views are critical of the government. Indeed, dissent is a valuable and valued part of our politics.”
That, of course, is true. We do allow “robust” freedom of speech, especially when it comes to criticizing our politicians.
But, at the same time, in other ways the Obama administration is not so tolerant of those who disagree with the President’s policies. And, again, Arizona is one example. When Arizona disagreed with President Obama on immigration and decided, itself, to address illegal immigration, the Obama administration sued the state. First, they did so with a lawsuit to void Arizona’s law, then they filed a second suit against Arizona community colleges for discriminating against immigrants by requesting proof of citizenship from potential employees.
Bottom line: While Arizona is battling the effects of illegal immigration the Obama administration is attacking it with two lawsuits and by reporting the state to the U.N. Human Rights Commission.
And where does Bob Etheridge stand? No one knows. So I have to ask, again: Bob, do you support the Obama agenda?
