Posted on 06/26/2012 8:49:00 AM PDT by xzins
States seeking to take immigration enforcement into their own hands are facing an uphill climb, after the Supreme Court reined in Arizona's disputed law and the Obama administration followed by rescinding a key partnership allowing local police to enforce federal immigration rules. ...
The ruling left in place, though, a central plank that required local law enforcement during routine stops to check the immigration status of anyone they suspect is in the country illegally ...By Monday afternoon, the Department of Homeland Security had pulled back on a program known as 287(g), which allows the feds to deputize local officials to make immigration-based arrests.
...Officials said ICE will not respond to the scene unless the person in question meets certain criteria -- such as being wanted for a felony.
"We've lost the ability for states to take problems that they themselves are facing and do something about it," said Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, who represents one of several states that implemented their own Arizona-style laws.
"The heart of the bill was upheld -- unanimously," she said, vowing to move forward with implementation and take on any remaining legal challenges.
The federal government's stated reluctance, though, to respond to state-level calls pertaining to immigration checks could make it difficult for Alabama and other states to carry out those laws.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
It’s time for AZ to buy some buses and offer free transportation for illegals to DC. Buses leaving daily.
I agree....send them to DC since they think its such a marvy idea for them to be here...No welfare...NO healthcare NO education...take that money and buy bus tickets.
Time to rally behind Arizona.
Time to show Obama exactly who America backs in this fight.
Buy a ballcap -— Diamondbacks, Cardinals, Sun Devils or newly-crowned NCAA baseball champion Wildcats -— and wear it everywhere you go.
If your Wal-mart doesn’t stock any of them, take the time to make a request that they do.
This is a “big f——— deal”, folks.
a circus cannon?
they could run ads about the beautiful scenery, the high employment, the history, ....
:>)
Isn’t napolitano attacking her own state?
Section 4 - Republican government
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.
Any questions?
I saw one today and Hatch was at 60%. Too bad. I wanted him gone.
Hatch is pure systemite aristocrat
Sure, what's the point of a state if it has no power to be a state?
The simplest thing to do when dealing with illegal immigrants. That the feds will not deport. AZ should build large detainment centers of tents and hold the illegal immigrants in them. Until the feds deport them. Bill the feds for the cost of doing their job.
With a HIGH fence around it on the West, North and East side.
The South fence can be the one on the USA/Mexico border.
Put a WELCOME sign up. WELCOME EVERYONE.
In smaller print they could say, free schools, free health care, free food stamps. Just vote Democrat.
I have read that DHS only rescinded 287(g) with AZ, leaving it in place for all other states. If so, this is petty revenge, and could be spun that way against him””
Doesn’t that leave Barry the Imposter & Janey Nappy in the firing line for a charge of discrimination 1 state vs 49 others or a charge of “unequal protection under the law”?
Not really; the USSC case said unequivocally that the choice of enforcement remained with the federal government.
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