In a stunning defeat to Senate President Russell Pearce, every immigration bill was voted down by his own senate today, even though Pearce defiantly declared immigration was a state issue, not a federal one. And for Pearce, he may have lost the battle, but the war over immigration in Arizona will continue to flourish.
Despite the fact that Arizona has the lowest crime rates in 40 years, Gov. Jan Brewer has joined Pearce in turning immigration troubles into Arizona’s own shock doctrine vehicle for their radical agenda.
