Legal!

Congratulations to my Aunt, who has been studying very hard and will today take her exam to become a citizen of the United States. She lives on the Swiss/French border and has been going through the immigration process for the past few months.

It's people like her - immigrating legally - following the rules and doing things the way they should be done that make the United States a great place to live. It's also because of people like her and like my dad, who immigrated here legally and became a citizen back in the '70s, that I am utterly opposed to illegal immigrants and to people who break our laws and sneak across our borders "for a better life."

I love this video by Bill Whittle. It pretty much sums up exactly how I feel about the subject.

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnTus_i2aZI)

So congrats to Aunt Hala today on taking the next - and possibly hardest - step to becoming a citizen of the greatest nation on the face of the earth: The United States of America.

Ariz. Gov Signs Bill Revising New Immigration Law

From Fox News:

Gov. Jan Brewer on Friday signed a follow-on bill approved by Arizona legislators that make revisions to the state's sweeping law against illegal immigration -- changes she says should quell concerns that the measure will lead to racial profiling.

The follow-on bill signed by Brewer makes a number of changes that she said should lay to rest concerns of opponents.

The changes include one strengthening restrictions against using race or ethnicity as the basis for questioning by police and inserts those same restrictions in other parts of the law.

Another change states that immigration-status questions would follow a law enforcement officer's stopping, detaining or arresting a person while enforcing another law. The earlier law had referred to a "contact" with police.

Another change specifies that possible violations of local civil ordinances can trigger questioning on immigration status.

I still bet that doesn't shut you up, Michael, even though this is what we were saying was the true intent of the law along. "Know a little something about the issues" indeed.

This was never about race or color. It was always about giving the state of Arizona the ability to step up and enforce laws that are already in effect where the Federal government has failed.

Michael Savage banned from the UK

Conservative talk show host Michael Savage has been banned from the UK. Here's a statement from the United Kingdom Home Secretary:

"Coming to this country is a privilege. If you can't live by the rules that we live by, the standards and the values that we live by, we should exclude you from this country..."

We should post that quote on every airplane coming into the United States and on every square inch of our border.