Arizona GOP Gov. Jan Brewer has canceled a planned conference with Mexican governors in Phoenix after they threatened to boycott it to protest the state's controversial immigration law.
The 28th annual U.S.-Mexico Border Governors Conference was scheduled to take place this September in Phoenix and would have brought together six governors from northern Mexico and the four border governors in the United States.
“The people of Arizona and the people of America support what Arizona has done. ... For them to basically not attend here because of that, I think is unfair." Brewer said in announcing her decision.
But New Mexico Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson and California Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have yet to join Brewer in wanting to cancel the conference and spokesmen for the two governors told The Associated Press that they will try to hold the conference without Brewer.
Brewer said she would consider attending the conference if it were held outside of Arizona, though she said it would depend on where it was.
RELATED: From Michelle, "Open-borders DOJ vs. America."
And see Rasmussen, "56% Oppose Justice Department Challenge of Arizona Law; 61% Favor Similar Law In Their State" (via Memeorandum).
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