The Arizona Conflict May Affect Texas

A stronger word than "reciprocate" might be "retaliate."

Barack Obama, Eric Holder and Janet Napolitano have declared war upon Arizona. However, they did not think this thing through, just as they fail to do in almost everything they do.

8 USC 287(g) was not passed by the U.S. Congress solely to assist state's to help control illegal immigration; it was also meant to foster essential cooperation between the Federal Government and State agencies in many other areas where mutual cooperation is necessary.

Almost every federal agency depends heavily on state support to carry out their duties. Federal law enforcement agencies are particularly dependent on state law enforcement agencies for information, records, witnesses and on the ground back-up in criminal pursuits and other physical take-downs of criminals.

The Social Security Administration could not operate without state cooperation for records and information, particularly in welfare fraud cases. In fact, just as in narcotics violations, the states have taken a load off the federal Government to help them from having to go through a Federal Grande Jury for lesser violations that can easily be prosecuted in state courts with minimal time and expense. The DEA, ATF, FBI and ICE all are heavily dependent upon State law enforcement agencies and upon the cooperation of all state record sources.

Governor Jan Brewer should stop cooperating with the Federal Government and start requiring a court order for every record that the Federal Government applies for. She should stop prosecuting cases for the Federal Government in order to let them save the expense of engaging the Federal Grande juries. The areas where she can stop cooperating are endless. The Federal Government stands much more to lose that the State of Arizona in this conflict. Governor Brewer does not have to violate and Federal laws to teach the Feds a lesson; she just needs to stop facilitating the function of all Federal Agencies in Arizona by unnecessary cooperation. She should also seek the assistance of the other border states, for this fifth-column tactic of the perfidious Obama Administration is bound to spread outside the confines of Arizona.