Maybe Rove should read the USC.
With a hat-tip to TornadoAlley3:
Federal Immigration and Nationality Act
Section 8 USC 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv)(b)(iii)
State and local law enforcement officials have the general power to investigate and arrest violators of federal immigration statutes without prior INS knowledge or approval, as long as they are authorized to do so by state law. There is no extant federal limitation on this authority. The 1996 immigration control legislation passed by Congress was intended to encourage states and local agencies to participate in the process of enforcing federal immigration laws. Immigration officers and local law enforcement officers may detain an individual for a brief warrantless interrogation where circumstances create a reasonable suspicion that the individual is illegally present in the U.S. Specific facts constituting a reasonable suspicion include evasive, nervous, or erratic behavior; dress or speech indicating foreign citizenship; and presence in an area known to contain a concentration of illegal aliens
All the damn talking heads and the AG Holder, need to shut-up and butt out.
Holder had the colossal nerve today to state that he was thinking of challenging Arizona’s law because of the “potential or fear of abuse”!!!!
Since when do we base law suits on “fear of possible or future abuse”?