Governator -- Illegal Immigration No State Emergency

Pasadenastarenews.com
GIVE Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger credit for not rushing to follow his counterparts in Arizona and New Mexico by declaring a state of emergency over illegal immigration.

Schwarzenegger surely knows, as all Californians do, that illegal immigration has an enormous impact on the state. There are an estimated 2.4 million undocumented workers on the state's many farms, in restaurants, on street corners and in homes. This shadowy and unknown subculture - the largest of any state in the union - causes uncountable impacts on the state in terms of education and health care.
In a very real sense, it is an emergency, and one that has been going on for years.
But that doesn't mean Schwarzenegger should bend to pressure and join in a mostly meaningless public-relations move. meaningless public relations move???
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson arguably do have an urgent situation, with their states ground zero for the flow of U.S.-bound immigrants as well as for the border vigilantes' movement. Making a state-of-emergency declaration frees up $1.5 million for each state to use to patrol the hot zones.
Schwarzenegger said he will keep an eye on the situation and follow if "there's a need." I feel better now
But he should only move if there's a clearly effective solution. The last thing California needs is another empty gesture when it comes to illegal immigration. Without real support of Congress and the president, not even crying "emergency" is bound to have meaningful results.

if I was a leader of another country that wishes to invade the United States, here is the message that I am seeing.

Instead of doing a direct attack, I would you start sending my troops in by small groups, have them get low wage jobs and spread themselves throughout the country. We can take over the country from the inside without firing a shot and the federal government will sit on their hands and not do anything because they're too afraid to offend somebody or admit that there's actually a problem.

The invasion from within is already here.