Immigration: Confronting the Challenges in Arizona

If one 'country' invades another, it is an act of war, but if the peoples of one country invade another, at best (worst for them), they are sent back - at worst (best for them), they are given citizenship.
The suggestion that the 12 million illegals already in the US be given amnesty and be allowed to stay seems crazy to me - the next 12 million will be queueing up!

Most folks don't know this, but after the amnesty of 1987, when they examined the applications that had been accepted, they discovered 47% of them had failed to list the very reasons they should be denied amnesty. By that time, finding them was not always possiable, and a rather large criminal element was in place. I adamently support the processes put in place by the current Immigration Law. It is not broken.. it is not fast.. it protects us. Should we provide amnesty to some 12 million illegal aliens in this country.. or any part of those 12 million? No! Deport those folks, and do it the right way.

But there is more. Look at the front page of the paper and you discover Arizona is going to have to build a huge number of electrical generating plants to accomadate those extra people. The natural gas used to produce the electricity will go at a premium, and suddenly the cost of electricity will rise significantly.

Look at these pages.
Arizona Department of Water Resources
Drought Program
http://www.azwater.gov/AzDWR/StatewidePlanning/Drought/DroughtStatus.htm

Tucson Arizona's Water Problems
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/4213/tucson_arizonas_water_problems.html

Arizona facing water crisis with growth
http://www.uswaternews.com/archives/arcsupply/tarifac7.html

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Southwest Water Supply
http://www.desertusa.com/mag08/jun08/water-southwest-problems.html

We don't have the wate, and unless we begin importing icebergs or something, we won't have the water to support an expanded population.

Arizona could do very well with a limited population. Take the Snowbirds in during the winter, and then let them return home in the summer. Our electricity and our water stays where it is during the critical months of high heat.

And an amnesty?
2.6 trillion
http://www.heritage.org/research/immigration/wm1490.cfm
We have no idea who we will get, and we will pay a huge amount of money for welfare at the state level.

Just say no to the illegal aliens.

This is an excellent story. I believe it tells us we don't want that amnesty, but we do need to do very serious planning.
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'Perfect Storm': The Challenge of Keeping Electricity Affordable

Reported by Michelle Hopkins
AnalysisOnline Editor

http://azstar.analysisonline.org/site/aoarticle_display.asp?sec_id=140002434&issue_id=2&article_id=140002726&news_id=140002726

Introduction

How will Arizona meet the demand for electricity, which is projected
to increase from 75 million megawatt hours (Mwh) in 2008 to 95
million Mwh by 2018 after 1 million new households are added and then
eventually to 116 million Mwh by 2030? That’s a 27 percent increase in
10 years and 55 percent increase in just over two decades. Further,
can this challenge be met in a way that supports future
economic growth and environmental “quality of life” values
dear to Arizonans?

More than 60 leaders gathered on the downtown Phoenix campus of
Arizona State University to address this challenge at "Powering Arizona,”
an energy forum sponsored by The Thomas R. Brown Foundations, Arizona
State University, University of Arizona and The Communications Institute
on June 11, 2008.