Rick was quoted in the 7/30/10 edition of the USA Today:

Word of the judge's ruling spread quickly, prompting passionate reactions here on both sides of the debate.

Rick Gray, a member of the Greater Phoenix Tea Party Patriots, said he was not surprised by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton's decision. He paraphrased a quote from Mohandas Gandhi to explain the position he and other supporters find themselves in: "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win," he said.

Gray said he remains stunned at the federal government's inaction over illegal immigration. Bolton's decision Wednesday, based in part on a challenge filed by President Obama's Department of Justice, only reinforced what he called a troubling double standard.

"They don't want to do their job, but they don't want us to do it," said Gray, who is running for the state Legislature. "It's illogical and disappointing."

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Supporters of the law say it was necessary to stem a dangerous stream of illegal immigrants crossing into Arizona. Some, such as Rick Gray, a member of the Greater Phoenix Tea Party Patriots who is running for a seat in the state Legislature, say Arizona had to act because the U.S. government has ignored the problem.

"It really should be an embarrassment to our federal government," Gray says. "If we cannot secure our border, there's an impotence there."

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