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July 6, 2010
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Wasinger Slams Federal Lawsuit Against Arizona
Supports Arizona for fighting illegal immigration

COTTONWOOD FALLS -- Today, Rob Wasinger, Republican candidate for Congress in the first district of Kansas, slammed a lawsuit filed in Pheonix by the Justice Department asking a federal judge to strike down as unconstitutional the Arizona law set to go into effect later this month giving local police the authority to question and detain suspected illegal immigrants.

"The lawsuit filed by the Justice Department against Arizona's immigration law is just another example of Washington trampling on state sovereignty," said Wasinger. "I support Arizona's right to fight illegal immigration since Washington is too incompetent to enforce the law and secure the borders."

Wasinger is a native of Hays and has served Kansas as a former staffer to then-State Senate Majority Leader Jerry Moran, Governor Bill Graves, and most recently as chief-of-staff to U.S. Senator Sam Brownback. Wasinger lives with his wife, Meghan, and their ten children in Cottonwood Falls.

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