Carrie Budoff Brown of the Politico has a story up that shows that 20 of 37 Gubernatorial candidates both Democrat and Republican endorsed anti immigrant legislation.
The prevalence of the issue means the Obama administration could find itself battling Arizona-style flare-ups in statehouses across the country, raising pressure on the White House and Congress to break the deadlock in Washington over comprehensive immigration reform.
The Justice Department sued Arizona in hopes of discouraging other states from following its lead and won a ruling blocking provisions of the law that immigrant advocates found most objectionable. But that hasn’t stopped some gubernatorial candidates from trying to one-up each other on the issue.
The article notes that all of this may just be politcal maneuvering in what is turning into an increasingly ugly election season:
The flood of get-tough statements could be just that — campaign talk that fades against the hard realities of governing and legal threats by the Justice Department. The outcome of a U.S. appeals court hearing on the Arizona law set for early November is likely to determine whether the state-level push stalls out or gains momentum.
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is the only governor to actually pass anti immigrant legislation, and she is having a pretty tough time right now. An Associated Press story entitled Arizona governor stumbles in televised debate provides an account of her disastrous debate against Democrat Gubernatorial Candidate Terry Goddard:
She stumbled through her opening statement during a televised debate Wednesday night in a cringe-eliciting performance that was quickly turning into an Internet sensation.
Brewer lost her train of thought as she was talking about her successes as governor, smiling and laughing as she struggled to speak.
"We have done everything that we could possibly do," Brewer said before the start of a long pause. "We have, uh, did what was right for Arizona." She then went on to regain her composure and continue with the debate.
She also abruptly halted a session with reporters afterward as she refused to answer questions about her June statement that there have been immigrant beheadings in Arizona.
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