By Bob Unruh
© 2010 WorldNetDaily
Sign illegally posted in Arizona in opposition to state's attempt to enforce immigration law
Editor's Notee: This is the third in a three-part series about Arizona's immigration war.
Sheriffs, citizens and politicians alike in Arizona support the state's controversial S.B. 1070, the law that would allow enforcement officers to crack down on illegal aliens.
There's really only one group opposing it, according to filmmaker Molotov Mitchell, who produced a series of videos after being dispatched by WND founder and CEO Joseph Farah to Arizona to investigate the truth about the controversy over Arizona's state plan to enforce a federal law against illegally entering the United States.
The opponents are the individuals who are in the nation illegally or advocate for them.
"Maria," for example, told Mitchell that S.B. 1070 is "very racist," although she admitted she had read "some" of it. But she said it was racist because her ex-brother-in-law, with blue eyes, was asked by police for his ID.
She reports police said he was holding a fake ID.
"Angelo," who also was at a protest against the state law, stated flatly that undocumented workers in the U.S. illegally should not be prosecuted.
Added Maria, "They're really not breaking the law."
Mitchell said the issue, then, appears not to be over immigration or changes in the law, but the fact that there are groups whose members don't want any law against illegal immigration enforced.
"Suddenly it all made sense," Mitchell reported. "The protesters didn't want existing law upheld."
In Part One, Mitchell had reported that in some places along the Mexico-U.S. border, misshapen barbed wire is the only barrier.
In Part Two, he described how Gov. Jan Brewer fought for H.B. 1070, which would let authorities crack down on illegals by enforcing the federal law against entering the U.S. illegally. Mitchell also told how militia members who are protecting the country are not the racists portrayed by the mainstream media.
Mitchell also interviewed several sheriffs, who are accountable to the citizens of Arizona, citing them as leaders in the fight against the hordes of illegals invading Arizona and the United States.
And he talked with Janet Contreras, a candidate for Congress in Arizona's 4th district who supports the law..
"And I will continue to do so," she said.
Mitchell also pointed out the irony that developed at a protest against the law making it illegal to be in the state illegally. A group of protesters had – illegally – suspended a banner from a construction crane.
Mitchell told WND that he wore the body armor he later would need while interviewing militia members close to the Mexican drug cartel routes while traveling because of luggage issues.
"People would ask me, 'Are you headed to Afghanistan?' and I'd shake my head. 'Nope,' I'd smile. 'I'm headed to Arizona.' And every person I told was not surprised. One worried man even wished me luck," he said.
When he arrived in Arizona, the situation was even more stunning.
"In any normal situation, when a dead body is found, the whole CSI unit shows up and there's a thorough investigation with media coverage, you know. But in Arizona, there are so many dead bodies. One rancher, Fred Davis, had just found a dead man on his property a couple of weeks before our interview. So in Arizona, there are so many dead bodies found along the border and up into Tuscon, that a body's lucky to get a basic autopsy," he said.
He also said he discovered evidence of the value of militia members.
"There were real militia out there that were actually having shootouts with cartels and would never want their faces on TV for fear of reprisals. Those were the guys living out of mines under the radar, and rumor has it that they'd just killed some cartel bandits only days before I'd arrived. They were the real deal," he said.
"This was an orderly, national effort to protect Americans from violent drug cartels that decapitated people, raped women to death and burned kidnap victims alive in barrels if ransom wasn't paid. If the government wasn't going to secure the border, it was in some ways quite inspiring to see decent, friendly Americans uniting to do the job themselves," he said.
