Say Anything Blog

Much has been made about Arizona’s budget crisis and Arizona’s new Employer Sanctions law, including these here and here.  The Employer sanctions law is the controversial Prop 300 passed in 2006. 

But in 2004, Arizona voters also passed an ID law requiring that citizens provide ID to vote or obtain services.  And the Governor has been ignoring most of the meat of the law.  So the backers are taking her ass to court.

Arizona residents would have to show proof of citizenship to get state benefits for health care, food stamps, housing and other services under a motion filed Monday in Maricopa County Superior Court.

The filing, led by supporters of Proposition 200, is the latest involving the controversial law. Arizona voters approved it in 2004 with the aim of blocking illegal immigrants from receiving public benefits.

But the law has been applied to only a handful of welfare programs in the years since, per an opinion offered by state Attorney General Terry Goddard.

Prop. 200 backers say Goddard’s interpretation is too narrow and has never matched the intent of voters.

Message to illegals--you are not welcome to get free shit and work under the table in Arizona.  We don’t want you sucking off the tit of big government welfare programs.  We know that probably means that some hotel rooms might not get cleaned, that some lawns might not get cut, that some dishes in restaurants might not get done, that some fruit might not get picked, or that some construction might not get done.  And we have carefully weighed the costs associated with providing benefits for you and dealing with the associated crime and gang activity and the voters have concluded that you are no longer welcome by votes of 70-30 in two statewide elections.

Thanks for visiting Arizona.  Please depart back to Mexico or country of origin and apply for work visas.  We welcome you back if you come here legally.  And if you don’t want to, head to one of the states that will take you until they see our results and start copying our laws.