Jan Brewer: We Haven't Felt Any Impact From Boycott Of Our State

Weeks after a coalition of unions, progressive groups, and Hispanic organizations pledged to boycott Arizona over the state's tough new immigration law, Gov. Jan Brewer said on Thursday that there has been no tangible effect.

"At this point in time, I don't think we have felt any of that impact," the Arizona Republican told the Huffington Post when asked if there had been economic impact from the anti-tourism campaign launched by critics of the new law.

Speaking shortly after a meeting with President Obama, Brewer said that she continued to feel vindicated about the law she had signed, which would grant far-reaching ability for local law enforcement officials to question law-offending suspects about their citizenship.

"I feel very confident about what we have done in the past," she said. "It was the right thing to do. I believe that we are protecting the people of Arizona and beyond that I believe we are protecting the people of America."

Brewer and President Obama talked inside the Oval Office for roughly 30 minutes on Thursday, the White House said. The governor requested the meeting.

Obama has been critical of the law signed into law in Arizona, saying it has the potential to promote racial profiling of Hispanics and directing the Justice Department to "examine the civil rights and other implications of [the] legislation." Both he and Brewer talked about the bill's impact and his concerns on Thursday, in addition to the president's plans to dispatch 1,200 National Guard members to the Mexico-U.S. border.

The number of guardsmen coming to Arizona "are not fixed," Brewer said. "From what I understood today he felt the majority of all the resources will probably be coming to Arizona."

Asked by the Huffington Post whether the dialogue with the president would be continuous, Brewer replied: "I would hope so. I think that we said, we hoped that we would have better dialogue and he did agree that the correspondence that was mailed to him [from her] was not responded in a timely manner and that he would make sure that that would not happen any more."

Watch video of Brewer's remarks outside the White House on Thursday:

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[ObamAtomic]

12:58 PM on 06/08/2010

tompoe 17 minutes ago (12:32 PM)
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You're right. That's exactly what happens when the state strikes terror into the hearts of its citizens. They stop reporting crimes. Keep up the sharp insight, you nincompoop.
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Dunderhead,do you have better data than the [Department of Homeland Security]
if you don't, you are emitting noises also odor!

[Dogs And Cats]

10:12 PM on 06/06/2010

Neocons should be happy we're boycotting Arizona. It's called the free market.

[breton1963]

05:27 PM on 06/06/2010

Brewer has no shame, rather than actually doing something about her state's huge deficit, she has embarked on this immigrant scapegoating campaign. What has she accomplished? Well, she has stirred up racial tensions, she has driven even more business from her state, she has scared people into believing that their state is being invaded by evil hordes of "aliens"....I guess she has managed to do one thing: distract people's attention from her party's mishandling of AZ's economy. I hope the people of AZ wise up and vote their opportunistic pandering leaders out of office.

[brt929]

08:09 AM on 06/07/2010

Actually she didn't start it. The bill was sponsored by a known Neo-Nazi in the AZ Senate- Russell Pearce.

Instead of doing the right thing and vetoing it, Brewer signed it for personal gain. She was behind in the polls, and now apparently she surged once she signed into law.

Voters are really rising up there though. Maybe the Right Winged control will be broken now- get rid of that stupid Right to Work BS.

[Zonie]

11:49 AM on 06/07/2010

'Do you live here?

I am no republican....but she did address the deficit....left by Janet....she went against her party and got the sales tax raised keeping many schools and teachers in place.
You may not care for her....but she's not your governor and you could at least be truthful.

[JoannainPA]

12:31 PM on 06/06/2010

I watched an interesting documentary on the secret history of the Klan last night. I was surprise how much this still carries over to the present year of 2010! The reconstruction act and then the abandonment of that act. The silent film: The Birth of a Nation, which turns white peoples think against black skinned people, aided the white supremacy agenda as well. The rhetoric is the same today as they used back then. Although now, we have elected leaders spewing propaganda over the air waves and right wing radio and faux entertainment perpetuating the propaganda too.

http://www.getvn.com/395/link/History+Channel+Ku+Klux+Klan+A+Secret+History.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_era_of_the_United_States

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_Act

[BLACKCAT66]

11:48 AM on 06/06/2010

"We haven't felt any impact from immigration law boycott" - Yeah but was AZ ever a popular place to visit in the Summer? I think the real test will be in the colder months, see which way the snow birds will migrate...

[poaster]

10:36 AM on 06/06/2010

Sounds like Jan Brewer and John McCain went to the same to the school of stoopid commentary. "The fundamentals of the Economy are Strong" and now "We haven't felt any impact from immigration law boycott"

Meanwhile, Phoenix stands to lose US$90 million in hotel and convention business during the next five years, city officials estimate. Groups that already have cancelled include the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, which was slated to hold its July meeting at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown. The meeting was projected to draw approximately 5,000 attendees and about 10,000 visitors, according to the fraternity.

[Sundance]

10:27 AM on 06/06/2010

Very sad. Brewer thinks that the impact is only economic. What about her character belies the face that the impact is a moral one?

[smarttart001]

10:43 AM on 06/06/2010

Well said. Fanned/Faved

[jdbond]

10:15 AM on 06/06/2010

Cool. Boycott efforts must be increased then.

[TheIndependenceParty]

10:22 AM on 06/06/2010

Exactly! Tighten the screws one more turn.

[smarttart001]

10:46 AM on 06/06/2010

Sounds good to me.

[iLoveOldNY]

09:30 AM on 06/06/2010

Maybe she will grin and bear it if we increased the boycotting and sustained it indefinitely.

Afterall, Arizona without tourism and interstate commerce would be Alabama.

Wait till the ONLY business there is the drug trade.

[NonConforming]

05:08 AM on 06/06/2010

Phoenix doesn't deserve to be #1 in America in kidnappings.

[ObamAtomic]

11:42 AM on 06/06/2010

You don't deserve to be here posting lies , but you are.

Crime rates in Arizona at lowest point in decades. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), the violent crime rate in Arizona was lower in 2006, 2007, and 2008 -- the most recent year from which data are available -- than any year since 1983. The property crime rate in Arizona was lower in 2006, 2007, and 2008 than any year since 1968. In addition, in Arizona, the violent crime rate dropped from 577.9 per 100,000 population in 1998 to 447 per 100,000 population in 2008; the property crime rate dropped from 5,997 to 4,291 during the same period. During the same decade, Arizona's undocumented immigrant population grew rapidly. The Arizona Republic reported: "Between January 2000 and January 2008, Arizona's undocumented population grew 70 percent, according to the DHS [Department of Homeland Security] report. Nationally, it grew 37 percent."

[tompoe]

12:32 PM on 06/08/2010

You're right. That's exactly what happens when the state strikes terror into the hearts of its citizens. They stop reporting crimes. Keep up the sharp insight, you nincompoop.

[ObamAtomic]

11:46 AM on 06/06/2010

The crime rate in Arizona in 2008 was the lowest it has been in four decades. In the past decade, as the number of illegal immigrants in the state grew rapidly, the violent crime rate dropped by 23 percent, the property crime rate by 28 percent.

Tone down your talking points,hiding the TRUTH hinder your argument.

[Zonie]

11:52 AM on 06/07/2010

Crime down and the e verify scared exodus of one hundred thousand illegals from the state just couldn't have anything to do with it....

[TomJoad1965]

04:33 AM on 06/06/2010

She's lying through her teeth!

[rosiebond007]

01:01 AM on 06/06/2010

WHAAAAT ??

Where does this woman live ????

[medic628]

11:23 AM on 06/06/2010

In one of John's houses that he can't find.

[ObamAtomic]

12:01 AM on 06/06/2010

Roguewolf 9 minutes ago (11:38 PM)
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I never realized that you were that slow, All three examples deal with States enacting laws that either mirror, complement or strengthen Federal law just like HB1070.
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You posted a bunch of words in your previous posts that are unrelated to immigration.
Is there any precedent regarding the Arizona bill?

Don't take personal ,you are a copy/ pasting grandstand posting unrelated to the issue of immigration.,don't blame others for you being nearsighted ,almost you got it.

"mirror, complement or strengthen" is a teabagger concept,the federal law not to be mirrored,
complemented or strengthening by a state.

Tried again !

[ObamAtomic]

11:45 PM on 06/05/2010

NoelGreco 1 hour ago (10:35 PM)
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Try the "Preview" button next time.
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Being funny rest importance to your almost none argument.

[ObamAtomic]

11:15 PM on 06/05/2010

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Al K 15 minutes ago (10:52 PM)
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If that is the ruling, fine. I think we both know that this is not likely though.
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That will be the ruling in the first instance to give Arizona time,to explain why and how
they need ,want to share power with the federal government on immigrations issues.

No court or the SCOTUS will give any state power over the federal government,if the court
give Arizona right to issue Green Cards or permit to stay in the country to an illegal ,
I will agree with you that Arizona meet the criteria to enforce federal laws as the federal government until that day ,Injunction or strike down bill.

[Al K]

11:19 PM on 06/05/2010

So we can agree on this then: We are both STOKED to see Arizona's popular new law tested in court.

[ObamAtomic]

11:26 PM on 06/05/2010

Indeed,knowing you federal supremacy over the states,Arizona chances to
advance the bill is 0,zilch, for obvious reasons. if any state overpower
the federal government ,the federation will be over, we will be like the URSS ,a bunch of nations.

The federal government went to war with slaves states for the same reason,secession,
Arizona can't tried the same argument again.

[twila helton]

09:24 AM on 06/06/2010

A1 K-----I am worried about the other illegals coming through that very same border,one in four is caught, they have caught people from Iran,Iraq,Afganistan,a lot of terrorist countries, we have to do something about that border, ASAP!! We are running out of room here for Americans,plus we are in danger from the terrorist coming across.