When Arizona voters went to the polls last November and approved Proposition 200, they made it clear that they did not want their tax dollars used to provide benefits to illegal aliens and that they wanted to protect the integrity of the voter registration process. Apparently this was not clear enough for Governor Janet Napolitano.
In May, the governor vetoed legislation that would have required counties and cities in Arizona to deny benefits to illegal aliens, and a requirement that people present proof of citizenship when they register to vote. To put an exclamation point on her disregard for the will of the majority of Arizonans, the governor also vetoed a bill that would have allowed Arizona law enforcement agencies to arrest and detain suspected illegal immigrants, even though federal law expressly permits that sort of local cooperation.
In recent months, Napolitano has also vetoed measures that would have barred acceptance of the Mexican matricula consular card as a valid ID, and a bill declaring English to be the official language of the state.
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