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Jack Cafferty: CNN’s only sane commentator
Cafferty File — Mexican Pres. Felipe Calderon has a lot of nerve coming to this country and complaining about Arizona’s immigration law — when all the state wants to do is protect itself against a flood of illegal immigrants from his country.  But instead — Calderon and Pres. Obama are both whining about the Arizona law. Calderon, who also took his message to a joint meeting of Congress, More.. is calling the law discriminatory. As for President Obama, he says he wants a federal fix to the immigration crisis in this country — which would have to come from the same federal government that has refused for decades to enforce laws already on the books. It’s patently absurd. Pres. Obama complains about Arizona trying to do something about a problem he — Pres. Obama — and the federal government have created and choose to ignore. And with all this criticism of Arizona coming from Presidents Obama and Calderon, the Justice Department, the Homeland Security department — our government officials, like Attorney General Eric Holder and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano can’t even be bothered to read the law they’re criticizing. If they did, they’d find out that parts of the law are word-for-word the same as the federal statutes on immigration. But the only thing that matters to the administration is pandering to Latinos ahead of the midterm elections. Felipe Calderon should spend his time trying to create opportunities for his own citizens so they aren’t driven by poverty and desperation to sneak into this country illegally. This country doesn’t meddle in Mexico’s internal affairs, President Calderon, and you ought to keep out of ours. Our border security is quite frankly none of your business.
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Date Found: July 28, 2010
Date Produced: May 25, 2010
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