This is something that I've long wondered about... Why is it that in nearly every other aspect, federal law trumps state and local laws. After all immigration laws and jurisdiction is something that I believe that the Constitution DOES grant to the federal government.
While enforcing federal law is outside the jurisdiction of state and local LE, isn't it incumbant on those LE officials (I will not blame the officers, since their superiors are the ones who make the policy, and if the officers don't follow it, will be sanctioned) to follow the laws of the country?
Although there's no way that it would ever happen, if the federal government wanted immigration laws to be upheld, all they have to do is what the feds did to the states about blood alcohol levels. "If you want federal funds, you will do what we say... Report illegal aliens." Simple... If you don't come up with a policy to follow the law, the feds cut off funds to cities and states.
Mark
If the INS was run like the ATF, every illegal alien in America would be arrested, deported or shot in six months.
To enforce gun laws, they will spend millions investigating accidental paper documentation technical violations, and put people away for years on flimsy pretexts. For immigration violations, they just look the othe way, even as violent felons return again and again.
I just want a list of the laws that "really count," and a list of the laws I can ignore.
This selective enforcement is one more source of fuel under the American pressure cooker, which will lead eventually to an explosion or even to CW2.