Prosecutor: Mexico trying to dismantle Arizona smuggling law [illegals charged as conspirators]

"The lawyer also argues that the state can't regulate immigration."

The President seems, by his deeds, to argue that the federal government can't regulate immigration over our borders or via visas.

Peter Schey has a long history of using U.S. courts to undermine the United States. Obviously Plyler v. Doe is his most well known win - a blatantly un-Constitutional Supreme Court decision that was clearly ad hoc. Because of it, states now spend billions subsidizing Mexico.

Schey is a South African with ties to the Communist party there. He isn't unknown in Arizona, either; he came to Tucson years ago to defend the organized Sanctuary groups then smuggling Salvadoreans across. He lost most of those cases; that's why John Fife and others have criminal records now. At least back then he could claim he was working for real refugees; now it's obvious to everyone that he's an agitator working for enemy governments to undermine the U.S.

A lot of us have known that for a long time about the guy, but some people refuse to believe. Now they will.

Personally I think he should be stripped of his 'citizenship' and deported back to South Africa or wherever he came from. He's done enough damage to the U.S.

Arguing that a state can't regulate immigration is a line that Schey has been using for years. He only uses it for laws which curtail immigration. When a state law explicitly benefits illegals, he says nothing.

This was the line that was used by him and others against Prop. 187. They got one leftist judge to go along, and a governor. The governor as you know was recently de-governorized, largely due to that - a lot of people didn't forget.

I think Schey is finally going to run into a buzzsaw here. Andrew Thomas isn't to going to play games, neither is Arpaio.

And the notion that the Mexican government has standing is ludicrous.

Arizona is not regulating immigration. The federal laws do that.

Arizona is prosecuting the smuggling associates with illegal violation of federal law, a "lesser included offense".

Just as the fed often prosecutes gun violations that are committed as included with other state crimes such as robbery.

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