Arizona is US's Kidnap Capital - Obama Approves

Yes, it's an inflammatory post title. But President Obama has repeatedly denounced Arizona's new immigration law.

What is Obama ultimately protecting?

He's protecting criminals. Drug runners. Mexican cartel. Rapists. Murders.

He's protecting the growing problem of kidnapping. Usually the victims are involved in criminal activities or are family members of those involved in criminal activities, but sometimes innocent people are mistakenly or purposefully targeted.

He's NOT protecting taxpayers. Arizona's taxpayers spend more than $2 billion a year on education and health care for illegal immigrants and their children. [Source]

He's protecting terrorists. Terrorists are crossing America's borders, coming through both Mexico and Canada.

To sum it up, President Obama, the man elected President by the American people, is protecting everyone EXCEPT American citizens.

For some reason, the illegals who break our laws are more important than the innocent people who are in this country legally and just want to live their lives in a safe environment.

To end on the note that I opened this post with, here's a little excerpt about America's Kidnap Capital:

In one… kidnapping, a 14-year-old girl from south Phoenix was mistakenly picked up on the street by a gun-toting snatch squad looking for the daughter of a known drug dealer….

"She happened to be standing outside in front of the home… they grabbed her in broad daylight… threw her in the vehicle and took off," said Roberts.

"Here is the perfect example of a young girl who has nothing to do with this, her family has nothing to do with this, she just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time."

Criminals targeted in U.S. "kidnap capital", Tim Gaynor

Good Related Reading Material:

• Washington Times: Mexico's illegals laws tougher than Arizona's [iCyte]
• LiveLeak: Phoenix, Arizona is now kidnap capital of the USA! (video)
• ABC News: Kidnapping Capital of the U.S.A. – Phoenix Arizona [iCyte]
• Reuters: Criminals targeted in U.S. "kidnap capital" [iCyte]
• Los Angeles Times: Mexico Under Siege [iCyte]

Mexico Whines About Arizona's New Law

That's what it is: whining. I agree with Rep. Lamar Smith. He says Mexican officials have "crossed the line and are interfering in the internal affairs of the United States."

And what does President Obama do? He agrees with Mexican President Felipe Calderon. President Obama needs to stop pandering to everyone EXCEPT the people he swore to protect. He constantly criticizes America, and it's making the US look weak.

The people of America want tougher handling of illegal immigration, but President Obama seems to think he knows better than us. That's not how a democracy works. President Obama doesn't get to say, "Okay, America, I understand what you want. But I'm going to do the opposite."

Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona said, "We are spending millions of dollars to help Mexico fight the drug cartels that pose a threat to his government, and he doesn't seem to recognize our concerns. He ought to be apologizing to us instead of condemning us."

"Mexico wants people to come to the United States and to send their money home," Rep. Ted Poe, Texas Republican, said. "They want to make their problems our problems — that's their foreign policy. President Calderon should spend more time focusing on problems in his own country instead of criticizing Arizona for doing what Mexican law requires its own to do."

This Fox News article talks about how "illegal immigrants in Mexico -- typically from Central America -- face abuse, rape and kidnappings, and that Mexican police do little to stop it."

But what about American citizens who are legally in Mexico? How are they treated? Considering how Mexican President Felipe Calderon demands that Arizona not discriminate against Mexicans, and how Mexico needs the money its illegal immigrants send back to Mexico, and how Mexico needs its tourism dollars, they must treat Americans like welcome guests in their country, right?

No. Recently, a Rutgers University graduate, Joseph "Zeke" Rucker, was vacationing in Cancun, Mexico when he was found with crushing head wounds. He's in a coma, now. Mexico seems to show little sympathy for Zeke's parents.

Zucker’s New Jersey–based parents strongly suspect foul play and random violence. But the American consulate told the family there will be no investigation, and Zeke’s parents say the Mexican police didn’t even bother to meet with them.

Mexican consulates on American soil are famous for vigorously intervening on behalf of their illegal-alien citizens — lobbying to get them driver’s licenses, bank accounts, and health care, for example, and rushing to defend illegal-alien border-crossers arrested in reckless- and drunk-driving cases.

The Mexican hospital that treated Zeke demanded up-front payment for all of the costs related to his care, surgery, and stay before allowing him to leave. Can you imagine the international uproar if a U.S. hospital demanded the same of Mexican citizens in its care?

An American Family’s Cancun Horror, Michelle Malkin

And President Obama has the nerve to not only give credence to, but to totally agree with Calderon's objections to Arizona's new illegal immigration law? Things are give-and-take. America already gives Mexico way, way more than we get back, and Calderon is demanding more more more.

Why aren't American citizens absolutely outraged over this?

Good Related Reading Material:

• The Washington Times: Mexico's illegals laws tougher than Arizona's [iCyte]
• FOXNews: Calderon Criticism of Arizona Law Overlooks Mexico's Tough Immigration Policy
• Fox News: Recent College Grad From New Jersey Beaten Into Coma on Vacation in Mexico
• CBS4: Student Beaten Into Coma Recovering In Miami
• National Review Online: An American Family’s Cancun Horror by Michelle Malkin