Eric Holder and the Justice Department on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging Arizona's immigration policy. Claiming that the "invalid" law interferes with federal immigration responsibilities and "must be struck down."
This is an issue that is really starting to piss me off. Mr. Obama and his Administration are more worried about saving face, then actually protecting our country and it's borders. Instead of building fences, or sending more National Guard troops down to our border he is throwing lawsuits around. Just like the oil spill in the gulf, he is more worried about who he can reprimand and blame, instead of actually doing SOMETHING.
There are drug lords, drug smugglers, and human smugglers, on our land, in our territory, in our freakin country, taking our land and killing Americans. What did our "Commander in Chief" do? He put up signs that said we should not enter this area of AMERICA where the bad people are.
Here is a link to the article
The top of the sign reads:
"DANGER - PUBLIC WARNING"
"TRAVEL NOT RECOMMENDED"
So this is what our President is doing to protect us? He is just conceding our land to some rogue criminals, and telling people of this country to stay away, let them have what they want. We send our troops all over this world, but we can't send a crapload down to the border to scare off some low-life drug dealers.
This isn't about comprehensive immigration reform, although we do need something very aggressive to tackle immigration, this is about a direct attack on our nation. These maggots taking a part of Arizona, and trying to take parts of Texas, are not looking for work. They are not looking for a better life for their families. They are looking to make MONEY trafficking drugs and humans. If America's finest is down there by the thousands, and they blow some of these criminals assholes out of their foreheads then I think most of them will get the message and leave.
But of course our President is a power hungry coward and millions of people out there are still drinking his kool-aid. But for the people that actually care and want to know the truth I have compiled some quotes and links regarding this Arizona situation.
Here is the actual lawsuit
"S.B. 1070 is preempted by federal law and therefore violates the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution."
"In our constitutional system, the federal government has preeminent authority to regulate immigration matters. This authority derives from the United States Constitution and numerous acts of Congress. The nation’s immigration laws reflect a careful and considered balance of national law enforcement, foreign relations, and humanitarian interests."
"A state may not establish its own immigration policy or enforce state laws in a manner that interferes with the federal immigration laws."
Alright well that's pretty interesting, here is the supremacy clause from the constitution.
"This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any state to the Contrary notwithstanding."
"The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."
And finally here is some information regarding the actual immigration bill in Arizona:
The word "Federal" is found 32 times in this 17 page document.
"NO OFFICIAL OR AGENCY OF THIS STATE OR A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE MAY ADOPT A POLICY THAT LIMITS OR RESTRICTS THE ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS TO LESS THAN THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY FEDERAL LAW. "
"THE PERSON'S IMMIGRATION STATUS SHALL BE VERIFIED WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PURSUANT TO 8 UNITED STATES CODE SECTION 1373(c)."
"THE ALIEN SHALL BE TRANSFERRED IMMEDIATELY TO THE CUSTODY OF THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT OR THE UNITED STATES CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION."
And here is the BIG one. Arizona even added verbiage to allow any person to challenge the fact that they may have been singled out for immigration status which does not follow the FEDERAL law.
"A PERSON MAY BRING AN ACTION IN SUPERIOR COURT TO CHALLENGE ANY OFFICIAL OR AGENCY OF THIS STATE OR A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE THAT ADOPTS OR IMPLEMENTS A POLICY THAT LIMITS OR RESTRICTS THE ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS TO LESS THAN THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY FEDERAL LAW. "
Arizona Senate Bill 1070
I'm no Yale or Harvard educated lawyer but it seems that Arizona was simply trying to allow their local authorities to enforce a law that the Federal Government was unwilling to. Arizona has added verbiage in this bill specifically to show that it is not trumping the Federal Government's authority in the area of immigration. The Administration thinks that if this is allowed to happen that it will set a bad precedence. I think that if the Administration is successful with this lawsuit that it will set a VERY bad precedence. What will then keep the Federal Government from misinterpreting the Constitution and going after any number of state laws that simply supplement Federal laws?
