Top Official Says Feds May Not Process Illegals Referred From Arizona

Fox News ^ | May 21, 2010 | Fox News

[angelcindy]

A top Department of Homeland Security official reportedly said his agency will not necessarily process illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona authorities.

John Morton, assistant secretary of homeland security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, made the comment during a meeting on Wednesday with the editorial board of the Chicago Tribune, the newspaper reports. "I don't think the Arizona law, or laws like it, are the solution," Morton told the newspaper. The best way to reduce illegal immigration is through a comprehensive federal approach, he said, and not a patchwork of state laws. The law, which criminalizes being in the state illegally and requires authorities to check suspects for immigration status, is not "good government," Morton said.

[Psycho_Bunny]

I would not hold it against any state, or group of states, that decided to secede.

The Federal Government has failed and is taking us all down.

[SatinDoll]

“We need to somehow get outside the box.”

I second the motion, and suspect that AZ is showing us the way.

[ronnyquest]

"A top Department of Homeland Security official reportedly said his agency will not necessarily process illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona authorities."

Is that your final answer? Words and actions, or the lack thereof, have consequences.

[ohioman]

Go get ‘em..

That why I love this place. Leftist loving nuts like “sabe” are more in the minority now than when I joined FR over 11 years ago.

[PA-RIVER]

1. Unload the AZ prisons of all the illegals. Declare amnesty. Put them on a fleet of buses.

2. Make an announcement that you are bringing un-documented workers who have been "Corrected" to DC to "pick lettuce". Arm them with knives to pick lettuce.

3. Drop them off in the most exclusive DC neighborhoods. Make it a big public event. A few Hundred of them on PA Avenue. The worst of the bunch in front of the white house.

4. Then dare Obama to ask them for their papers. 5. Make an announcement that you'll be back in 30 days with thousands more. 6. Put a one way bus stop on the boarder with free rides to DC. Put a web cam on it so DC and everyone else can see whats coming. 7. Make Public Announcements that the boarder is now open, get a free bus ride to DC. That Islamics get moved to the front of the line.

[MEG33]

Speechless.

[jimt]

A top Department of Homeland Security official reportedly said his agency will not necessarily process illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona authorities.

Arizona (and Texas) should set up a few of these on the border, and deport them ouselves.

[Cheerio]

Sheriff Joe is going to need more tents.

In the past when Sheriff Joe has had disputes with the Feds, he has driven the illegal aliens down to the border and dumped them over.

Jan Brewer for Pres and Sheriff Joe for VP.

[marajade]

Well I just heard it reported that cause he was arresting the illegals as co conspirators that once an illegal has contact with LE in that manner that gives them a path to become legal.

[RichInOC]

“Know vat ve gonna do nowwwww?...Unpimp ze country!”

[thecabal]

I see that you have personal reasons for it, but I also don’t care much for Arpaio. I know that this puts me into the extreme minority here, but I don’t see him as much more than a grandstanding bully. Not to mention that I’ve heard rumors that he’s pretty corrupt.

[marajade]

Are you from AZ?

[marajade]

its against the rules to do a personal attack and its against the rules to reply to another poster about a poster and not ping them

if you were from az you’d understand. if you aren’t google is a great searching tool.

[marajade]

thanks

[SatinDoll]

So...sue me.

[Flycatcher]

Are you from AZ?

Yes.

Mohave County. Stay away!

[truthkeeper]

if our government employees refuse to do their job, why are we paying them?

Why are we paying them? Why do we HAVE them?

[phelix]

These people are going to keep on until we have a full blown civil war on our hands.

[S.O.S121.500]

Can’t Arizona build their own damned fence? I’ll send a donation to help!

Need to build the fence of mexican corpses.....

[w1andsodidwe]

Like this: http://law.onecle.com/california/penal/834b.html