What's wrong with this picture? The answer is a lot, specially if you believe that we are a nation of laws!
First, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the most important portion of the Arizona law, i.e. police officers can check immigration paper.
I know that they reversed 3 other provisions but they were never controversial. The law was sent to the Supreme Court because of the "show me your papers" provision. We repeat that this provision was upheld unanimously 8-0!
I know that they reversed 3 other provisions but they were never controversial. The law was sent to the Supreme Court because of the "show me your papers" provision. We repeat that this provision was upheld unanimously 8-0!
How does the Obama administration respond to that?
They declare war on Arizona. They will now make life miserable for Arizona as they try to implement the law just upheld by The Supreme Court. Check out Power Line:
"The Department of Homeland Security
said it would exclude Arizona from a program known as 287(g), which
allows the feds to deputize local officials to make immigration-based
arrests.
A Homeland Security official explained that the administration
finds such agreements “not useful” in states that have Arizona-style
laws. I guess the program is “useful” only in states that aren’t taking
meaningful measures to identify illegal aliens.
Accordingly, local police in Arizona will have to rely on federal
officials to arrest illegal aliens.
But federal officials have made it
clear that the feds will not respond to calls from Arizona law
enforcement unless the person detained meets certain criteria, such as
being wanted for a felony. Being an illegal alien is not enough.
As
Obama showed with his unilateral mini-DREAM act, this administration is
no longer interested in enforcing the immigration laws except perhaps
against illegal aliens who are shown to have engaged in felonious
conduct.
In addition, the Justice Department set up a hotline through which
people can complain about having their immigration status checked by
Arizona law enforcement officials. Obama thus hopes to drum up
complaints against Arizona law enforcement agents.
He wants to make the
federal government a party to the harassment of those trying to do what
Obama won’t – enforce the law.
Obama hopes to intimidate them into not
using their authority to address the severe problem of illegal
immigration — authority granted by the state legislature and upheld as
constitutional by the Supreme Court."
This is outrageous and should anger every citizen of the US.
The Obama administration did not like that the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the heart of the Arizona law and responds by treating the state like an outlaw nation.
In two weeks, we've seen Pres BO "change immigration law" by decree and now he will target a state because he is a sore loser.
Am I living in Venezuela?
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