FACEBOOK Between Shane and Randy Pullen....
AZGOP
Executive Committee,
This
past Sunday on 12 News Square Off (Here is the link http://is.gd/bdhJb9
),
Shane Wikfors, the Communications Director for the AZGOP effectively changed our
party’s position on illegal immigration. He condoned President Obama’s action of
last Friday. He went on to state that the position of the party needs to
change. When questioned on it, he stated that this is the position of Chairman
Morrissey and Russell Pearce. While I do not know Tom Morrissey’s position, I
know that Russell Pearce does not agree to changing his position on this
important issue.
Securing
our border and ending employment of illegal immigrants in the workplace are the
key points in our STATE and RNC platforms. I have attached the section of the
national platform on illegal immigration, most of which I wrote in 2008. It is
clear what our position is. It is my understanding that this is
the position of Governor Romney as well as the Governor of Arizona. Many of us
have worked long and hard to establish our position on illegal immigration and
build a consensus in the Party. It is not up to Shane Wikfors or Chairman
Morrissey to unilaterally change that position.
Chairman
Morrissey needs to clarify his position on this issue. If he stands by what
Shane has said, he needs to resign his position as Chairman, if he
disavows the statement by Shane, then Shane should be terminated immediately as
Communications Director. There is no excuse for misrepresenting so emphatically
the position of the Chairman on such an important issue in
Arizona.
Randall
Pullen
Enforcing
the Rule of Law at the Border and Throughout the Nation
Border
security is essential to national security. In an age of terrorism, drug
cartels, and criminal gangs, allowing millions of unidentified persons to enter
and remain in this country poses grave risks to the sovereignty of the United
States and the security of its people. We simply must be able to track who is
entering and leaving our country.
Our
determination to uphold the rule of law begins with more effective enforcement,
giving our agents the tools and resources they need to protect our sovereignty,
completing the border fence quickly and securing the borders, and employing
complementary strategies to secure our ports of entry. Experience shows that
enforcement of existing laws is effective in reducing and reversing illegal
immigration.
Our
commitment to the rule of law means smarter enforcement at the workplace, against
illegal workers and lawbreaking employers alike, along with those who practice
identity theft and traffic in fraudulent documents. As long as jobs are
available in the United States, economic incentives to enter illegally will
persist. But we must empower employers so they can know with confidence that
those they hire are permitted to work. That means that the E-Verify
system—which is an internet-based system that verifies the employment
authorization and identity of employees—must be reauthorized. A phased-in
requirement that employers use the E-Verify system must be enacted.
The rule
of law means guaranteeing to law enforcement the tools and coordination to
deport criminal aliens without delay – and correcting court decisions that have
made deportation so difficult. It means enforcing the law against those who
overstay their visas, rather than letting millions flout the generosity that
gave them temporary entry. It means imposing maximum penalties on those who
smuggle illegal aliens into the U.S., both for their lawbreaking and for their
cruel exploitation. It means requiring cooperation among federal, state and
local law enforcement and real consequences, including the denial of federal
funds, for self-described sanctuary cities, which stand in open defiance of the
federal and state statutes that expressly prohibit such sanctuary policies, and
which endanger the lives of U.S. citizens. It does not mean driver's licenses
for illegal aliens, nor does it mean that states should be allowed to flout the
federal law barring them from giving in-state tuition rates to illegal aliens,
nor does it mean that illegal aliens should receive social security benefits,
or other public benefits, except
