Floridians Get on Board With Arizona

This is not about the good Mexican people who enter America legally, and become good citizens and raise their children to be the same. This is about stopping the criminal element that is trying to destroy America through smuggling and other criminal avenues.

Floridians contribute to Arizona's fight for immigration enforcement law

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...Benson is one of hundreds of Floridians who have contributed to a legal defense fund for Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer because they support the Arizona law and want a similar statute in Florida.

"When the federal government doesn't do its duty, then you have to shake it up," says Benson, 60, who donated $250 to the cause. "I believe it is important to get the federal government to protect our borders."...

...Florida Attorney General and GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum has filed an amicus brief supporting Arizona in the legal battle. And state Rep. William Snyder, R-Stuart, has written a similar bill for Florida and will wait to see what happens in the Arizona case before deciding whether to introduce it to the Legislature in March.

According to polls, most Americans and Floridians back the Arizona law.

As of July 15, 24,767 people around the country had donated $1.15 million through online donations to the Governor's Border Security and Immigration Legal Defense Fund. Of those, 1,336 Floridians donated $64,582, placing the state fourth in contributions behind only Arizona, California and Texas.

"I'm proud to be on the list of donors," said Ronald J. Tiede, 63, an insurance salesman from Lutz in Hillsborough County, who gave $50. "And it has nothing to do with race. It has to do with legality. I grew up in a country of laws. I have disagreed with some of those laws, but I have followed them. Let's be legal."

Jane Inden, 68, a retired travel agent from North Fort Myers, spoke about how her husband had to flee Hungary after he joined in an unsuccessful uprising against the communist government there in 1956.

"He came here, but he did it legally," says Inden, who donated $25. "I want people to follow the law. I ask my friends, 'If those people don't follow the law, why should I?'

"I don't understand why this president is going after Gov. Brewer. I'm very proud of her and very unhappy with him. Why isn't he going after people who aren't following the law?"