Governor says she signed immigration law to prevent beheadings

By Nick R. Martin | June 17th, 2010 | 12:56 pm | 9 Comments »

Jan Brewer
Gov. Jan Brewer

Arizona politicians have accused illegal immigrants of a lot of nasty things over the past few months, but Gov. Jan Brewer threw out a new one Wednesday night on national television.

The Republican governor told Fox News she signed the state’s new immigration law to prevent, no kidding, beheadings brought on by illegal immigrants.

“We cannot afford all this illegal immigration and everything that comes with it,” Brewer told host Greta Van Susteren live from the Arizona desert. “Everything from the crime to the drugs and the kidnappings and the extortion and the beheadings.”

It was one of many grim pictures the governor painted of what she called “violence, terrible violence” in Arizona during her national television appearance.

Watch the video below. The comment comes just after the six-minute mark. Or read a full transcript of the interview.


  • Have there been any beheadings in AZ? Seems like we’d know about that.

  • Have there been any beheadings in AZ? Seems like we'd know about that.

  • Sheasie

    So if stopping illegal immigration is so important to you, Jan… Why not just enforce the Laws that are already on Arizona State books – namely the Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA) which mandates that YOU fine employers of illegal immigrants. When was the last time YOU (Jan Brewer) fined an illegal employer? (Everyone knows they only come over the border for jobs. No jobs, no immigrants. We know this to be true given the Bush recession has resulted in a 20% drop in illegal immigrants over the past year. Kill the demand for jobs by fining the employers. Seems like a VERY effective way to bring an end to illegal immigration — WITHOUT RAMMING ANY MORE LAWS DOWN OUR THROATS!) Oh wait… that would be TOO effective, wouldn’t it. ALl your precious businesses would vote you out of office. HMMM… So i guess you had to figure out a way to LOOK BUSY. (“Look busy, look busy!! The voters are watching!!”)

    Jan Brewer is a con artist.

  • Sheasie

    So if stopping illegal immigration is so important to you, Jan… Why not just enforce the Laws that are already on Arizona State books – namely the Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA) which mandates that YOU fine employers of illegal immigrants. When was the last time YOU (Jan Brewer) fined an illegal employer? (Everyone knows they only come over the border for jobs. No jobs, no immigrants. We know this to be true given the Bush recession has resulted in a 20% drop in illegal immigrants over the past year. Kill the demand for jobs by fining the employers. Seems like a VERY effective way to bring an end to illegal immigration — WITHOUT RAMMING ANY MORE LAWS DOWN OUR THROATS!) Oh wait… that would be TOO effective, wouldn't it. ALl your precious businesses would vote you out of office. HMMM… So i guess you had to figure out a way to LOOK BUSY. (“Look busy, look busy!! The voters are watching!!”)

    Jan Brewer is a con artist.

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  • Dbigford

    I live in Arizona and she is correct it does happen in the USA its just that the Dicktator Obama will not let the news stations post it. It would give the Criminals Hispanics something to cry about. And you know that you cant do that.