http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/Jan+Brewer IrishCentral Jan Brewer en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/manhattan_diary/gov-jan-brewer-chose-pesos-over-principals-106263058.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/manhattan_diary/gov-jan-brewer-chose-pesos-over-principals-106263058.html Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:05:15 PDT Private corporations that own prisons were closely involved in the writing and passage of Arizona’s SB-1070 immigration law, according to a report heard on National Public Radio this week (NPR)Back in July Jan Brewer, the state governor, justified the adoption of the shockingly anti-immigrant bill by saying that "law enforcement agencies have found bodies in the desert either buried or just lying out there that have been beheaded"But it turns out that it may have been bucks, and not beheadings, that drove the bill At the very least NPR's report is strongly questioning the governors motives READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/manhattan_diary/jan-brewer-loses-head-over-immigration-tactics-102090838.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/manhattan_diary/jan-brewer-loses-head-over-immigration-tactics-102090838.html Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:35:15 PDT Jan Brewer, governor of Arizona, must enjoy a good ghost story I mean, she's certainly good at telling them To defend her endorsement of the anti-immigrant SB-1070 bill Brewer told the press in July that 'law enforcement agencies have found bodies in the desert either buried or just lying out there that have been beheaded'Decapitated in the desert? Yikes, well, since you put it like that Jan READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/periscope/arizona-governor-jan-brewer-immigrant-crime--claims-revealed-as-nonsense-98210929.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/periscope/arizona-governor-jan-brewer-immigrant-crime--claims-revealed-as-nonsense-98210929.html Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:35:16 PDT
Thank goodness for good journalismIn one of the best examples of digging beneath the headlines Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank has skewered the nonsense from the right that crime on the Arizona border is out of controlInstead he finds the border has never been more secureMilbank believes Arizona governor Jan Brewer,(above), has lost her mind READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/people_and_politics/arizona-governor-jan-brewer--signs-harsh-immigration-bill-blames-obama-91941214.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/people_and_politics/arizona-governor-jan-brewer--signs-harsh-immigration-bill-blames-obama-91941214.html Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:05:35 PDT Gov Jan Brewer of Arizona today signed the toughest immigration enforcement bill in history and blamed the Obama administration for leaving Arizona no choiceShe told a press conference at the state's National Guard headquarters, that it was not the job of state government to secure the border "but we have no other choice''"Those who have failed to protect us have shown only weakness and delay,'' she says, adding that top administration officials have "simply turned a blind eye to the issues that Arizona is being overrun by illegal immigration, terrorizing the citizens''"No matter the cost, no matter the sacrifice, we cannot shirk government's principle responsibilities to the citizens we serve to provide safety and security,'' she says READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/kellys_corner/arizona-gov-jan-brewer-signs-immigration-bill-into-law-91939819.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/kellys_corner/arizona-gov-jan-brewer-signs-immigration-bill-into-law-91939819.html Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:50:17 PDT The federal government would appear to be on a collision course with the state of Arizona after Gov Jan Brewer signed the controversial bill into lawThe new bill will force legal immigrants to carry their papers on them at all times and allow police to question them if they are suspected of being illegal immigrantsSpeaking today at a naturalization ceremony for some 24 members of the U READ MORE ]]>