State Department submits Arizona immigration law to UN for a human rights review.

[Atreus21]

This is an example of how Obama is trampling on human rights. If Arizona enacts a law to protect themselves, enforced only on their territory, and Obama uses the heavy hand of a centralized government to prevent enforcement of that law, then he is doing exactly the opposite of supporting human rights. How can he pretend to recognize individual rights if he does not even recognize states' rights?

It is not hard to see that Obama would rather the US answer to some world governing body than to remain sovereign.

This.

 

[piasabird]

Only have one thing to say. Hillary Clinton is in charge of the Department of State. Not only that but everyone in congress including most of the republicans voted for her approval in the affirmative. However, it is well known that the State Department works against freedom of people and the will of american people all the time.

The first and foremost responsibility of the federal government is the security of the United States. It is the one thing they are failing at even when George bush was in office. Clinton did a better job at it than George Bush.

we can send 300,000 military personnel to invade Iraq and Afghanistan, but we are not allowed to guard our own border.

 

[PokerGuy]

I'm quite certain this isn't the first.

Ok, perhaps it's not the first, but it's most certainly the first to show open contempt and disdain for all the things that make the country great.

 

[BoberFett]

Ok, perhaps it's not the first, but it's most certainly the first to show open contempt and disdain for all the things that make the country great.

Bush and the Republicans showed their contempt for the Bill of Rights regularly, just in different ways than the Democrats do now.

 

[spidey07]

Looks like Arizona is starting to call out Obama on his BS. I wonder if throwing a state under the bus to an organization outside our country is grounds for treason?

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...decision-include-arizona-human-rights-report/

He added that nothing in the lawsuit makes any mention of human rights or the 14th Amendment guaranteeing equal justice. The Justice Department argued the 10th Amendment in its suit, claiming that the state does not have the authority to enforce federal laws.

"Name a human rights violation. Name it," Antenorri demanded of the Obama administration.

"Tell the people of this country where in this U.N. report you are defining a human rights
violation occurring in the state of Arizona. It's garbage," he said, adding, "I find it comical to kowtow to dictators in this global effort to demonize the United States.

"The federal government, the president should be ashamed of himself for putting this on an international stage with a commission that is put together by countries that commit actual genocide and atrocities," he added.

 

[Infohawk]

Surprisingly little rebuttal from the left-wing posters...

 

[spidey07]

Surprisingly little rebuttal from the left-wing posters...

That's because there is nothing good that can come from the administration's action and motives which are further explained in the comments in the article.

We get it Obama/Hillary, the US is evil and you can show the UN what you're doing to correct the heinous human rights violation a state is engaging in.

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I'd like to see how anybody could make the argument that any good can come from this action because I can't see it.

 

[OutHouse]

i heard the guy (didnt catch his name) from the agency that submitted this report to the UN on the news this this morning and wow he didnt budge an inch. He defended it tooth and nail and gave me the impression it was his DUTY to have this in the UN report.

fucking sickening.

 

[rudder]

they will review it after they get done with North korea, China, <insert any african country here>, myanmar, cuba, etc. then they can get around to seeing if illegal immigrants who are arrested are having their human rights violated.

 

[Jaskalas]

An attack on our sovereignty is treacherous. While we can hope that this is reflected in upcoming elections, it will do us no good to simply vote Republican and hand power back to Neocons.

Remember that both Bush AND McCain were pushing amnesty. Who is to say Obama's successor won't be equally treacherous?

 

[Pens1566]

The UN is not involved. The reports is basically a "here's what we're doing" type thing. The Federal government challenging the law is supposed to show that they are upholding human rights. Notice that review is in quotes in the quote.

People seem to have missed this ^ due to all the circle jerking.

 

[OutHouse]

By submitting the report, we are involving the UN. It's none of their bloody business. One can argue the constitutionality of of AZ law if one wishes, but we are by no means violating illegal's human rights. The UN ought to be concentrating on real HR violations. Wonder what would happen to an illegal alien in Cuba, Mexico, or Saudi Arabia?

penis1566 did you miss this in your state of denial?

 

[shortylickens]

Well Congress and the president did stand up and applaud as the mexican president told us how evil the US is. Remember that? Put all of these events together and one realizes this administration does NOT want America to be great.

Do not want.

Wait, I need to photochop a pic with Obama saying that while looking at a grand America.

 

[FerrelGeek]

penis1566 did you miss this in your state of denial?

Of course he did. It's so much easier to blame the US for every ill in the world. He should prove us all wrong by sneaking into Mexico without proper documentation and report back to us on how well he was treated. He should show us how they're willing to let him vote and how their free health care system is. He should take along any school-age relatives that he's got and he can report back how the Mexicans bent over backwards to give them free education and how they're all learning English to accommodate them. Then when he shows us how wrong we all were, he can further rub our noses in it by trying the same in Saudi Arabia. He can show us how religiously tolerant they are by passing out bibles next to a mosque while his wife/GF/sister wears a thong bikini. He can show us how much we as a country would have to improve just to suck at human rights.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I am confused how enforcing an immigration law is a "violation of human rights." I'm sure I have nothing to fear, as one of the usual lefties will be along any moment to "educate" me.

 

[spidey07]

The case can be made that AZ is actually enforcing and upholding human rights by trying to stop all the human trafficking.

In fact you can take this to the logical conclusion. Obama is preventing Arizona from stopping human rights violations being done by illegals, therefore it is Obama who is violating human rights, not arizona. Hillary needs to turn in a report on her own administration and it's human rights abuses.

 

[xj0hnx]

I am confused how enforcing an immigration law is a "violation of human rights." I'm sure I have nothing to fear, as one of the usual lefties will be along any moment to "educate" me.

Don't hold your breathe, after over a day and no replies explaining how this is for the betterment of America wouldn't expect any to be forthcoming.

 

[Pens1566]

penis1566 did you miss this in your state of denial?

Nice ... dipshit.

No, I didn't. Did you miss where the UN doesn't have any say in the matter. Its just a "here are some examples" kind of thing. The jerkers in this thread are acting like we're allowing the UN some kind of official say in what ends up happening on the subject.

 

[nick1985]

Nice ... dipshit.

:thumbsdown:

 

[Pens1566]

:thumbsdown:

:thumbsup:

 

[nick1985]

So, Pens, do you feel that the Arizona law is a human rights violation?

 

[manimal]

So, Pens, do you feel that the Arizona law is a human rights violation?

Sorry fake outrage over something that is basically a footnote and something they were aware of in the first place is still fake outrage...

On one hand you scream where is the transparency...



No sense in trying to explain this....

 

[Pens1566]

So, Pens, do you feel that the Arizona law is a human rights violation?

As written it absolutely could be. Fed court thinks so as well. Thats why the nasty parts were prevented until further review.

 

[spidey07]

As written it absolutely could be. Fed court thinks so as well. Thats why the nasty parts were prevented until further review.

ummm, no. Nowhere in the feds complaint is there anything about human rights violations.

Can you please explain what human rights violation could there be?

 

[Infohawk]

Sorry fake outrage over something that is basically a footnote and something they were aware of in the first place is still fake outrage...

On one hand you scream where is the transparency...

No sense in trying to explain this....

From a political point of view, don't you think this is at least a bad move from the administration? It makes it look like the administration is demonizing whoever doesn't agree with them. In most countries cops don't need any excuse to ask for papers. The idea that this Arizona law is against human rights is really an extreme overreaction.