Jan Brewer on Blast by DREAMers and CBA in Protest: 3 Arrested

CBA-er Chimene Hawes, after being arrested for singing too loud...

Sadly, I don't figure Brewer to be a big reader, much less a frequent peruser of the Good Book.

Her actions certainly run counter to the Bible when it comes to the DREAMers, who were brought here when they were kids, and are generally law-abiding, or they wouldn't qualify for DACA.

In August, on the first day the government began taking DACA applications, Brewer cemented her reputation as a heartless witch by signing Executive Order 2012-06, which blocks successful DACA applicants from obtaining a license to drive in the state of Arizona.

Randy Parraz and Erika Andiola (left) struggle to be heard over the vulgar catcalls of a nasty group of nativists

The mean-spirited and blatantly prejudiced decree creates a new category just for DACA recipients, who may remain in the country for a renewable two year period, and may apply for and receive a Social Security Number and federal employment documents, if they qualify.

Currently, the Arizona Motor Vehicle Division allows noncitizens who have deferred status and federal work authorization to obtain driver's licenses.

Unless, pursuant to Brewer's asinine order, they are beneficiaries of DACA.

Which is why the ACLU of Arizona is suing Brewer in federal court, arguing that Brewer's order violates the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution and discriminates against these young men and women, trampling the 14th Amendment's guarantee of equality under the law.

Following Rev. Nunez's prayer, spirited members of CBA, the Arizona Dream Act Coalition and the Unitarian Universalist movement began crooning their version of Bill Withers' "Lean on Me," re-titled "Lean on Brewer," with lyrics like the following:

Self-loathing anti-Hispanic Hispanic Art Olivas

We call on ya Brewer, 'cause we need a hand.
We all need a LICENSE to DREAM on.
We just have this little problem, now you understand.
We all need a LICENSE to DREAM on.

The activists were asked to put a lid on it, but when the spirit moves you, ya gotta sing. So they continued.

Their repeated requests ignored, DPS officers began slowly pushing the crowd back. This ended with the three arrests.

Prior to Parraz's leading the demonstrators into the state House to raise a little Cain, there was some head-bumpin' with the nativist haters, who interrupted Parraz and Erika Andiola's remarks with loud, obnoxious chants of "SB 1070."

The loudest and most obnoxious of the nativists was Art Olivas, a diminutive anti-Hispanic-Hispanic who loves being the token Latino in the nativist camp.

(Ironically, Olivas doesn't even know that his Anglo pals dis him behind his back, and make comments about his mental stability. Heck, they've even made them to me, and I'm hardly on their side.)

Nearby, a handful of teabagger counter-protesters stood outside the state House, holding a huge banner that stated, "Stop Socialism."

What does "socialism" have to do with law-abiding 20-somethings being able to get a driver's license from the state they live in and pay taxes in?

High on hater-aid, the nativists get their -isms mixed up...

Um, nothing. But then, when have these hillbillies ever made sense?