It was necessary to send a message to the illegals that their status will be questioned when they break the law. They got the message and are either avoiding confrontations with AZ police or are avoiding AZ altogether. It was also necessary to send a message to the federal government that they need to protect our borders. Obama, who apparently doesn't comprehend English as well as the illegals, didn't understand and decided to act stupidly.
Not really the point of my question. If, as Megyn Kelly and this article seem to be saying, that the authority for state and local governments to enforce immigration laws already exists, and has been upheld by the Supreme Court, then they could have been enforcing the law all along. (And Sheriff Joe has been doing that based on some existing law.)
I do wonder if there is some question of jurisdiction re: the SCOTUS decision referenced in this article.
“Obama, who apparently doesn’t comprehend English as well as the illegals, didn’t understand and decided to act stupidly.”
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He seems to be really good at that...acting stupidly, I mean.