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Top Official Says Feds May Not Process Illegals Referred From Arizona
Fox News ^ | May 21, 2010 | Fox News

Posted on 05/21/2010 10:48:41 AM PDT by 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.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: aliens; arizona; bhodhs; bhofascism; democratcorruption; democrats; dhs; hispandering; homelandsecurity; ice; illegalimmigration; illegals; immigrantlist; johnmorton; may; mexico; obama; obamunism; setupsoldout; standwitharizona
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To: bigheadfred

keep reading the thread


381 posted on 05/21/2010 6:49:03 PM PDT by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: bigheadfred

/bingo


382 posted on 05/21/2010 6:50:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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To: Defiant
Didn’t Arizona make it a state crime to be in Arizona illegally? If so, they should just hold the illegals. Make the penalty 2 years with Sheriff Joe.

I like that idea, but I would also put these prisoners to work on state-related work projects to offset the cost to the Arizona taxpayers.

I'm talking about serious, hard labor in the Arizona sun. Make them pay for their law-breaking and their incarceration.

They'll be begging to go home to Meh-hee-co.

383 posted on 05/21/2010 6:52:16 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

Tyranny is upon us. Vote the bastards out. Those who can’t be voted out need ridiculed and shunned relentlessly.


384 posted on 05/21/2010 6:54:11 PM PDT by hal ogen ($10 (I think) amounts through the internet from all over the world.)
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To: sabe@q.com

So does the guy just not know how to BBQ or what?


385 posted on 05/21/2010 6:55:29 PM PDT by bigheadfred (If I've said it once, I've said it a million times...)
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To: sabe@q.com

Say something to prove that you are not an amnesty loving freak and you’ll get more respect around here.

Sheriff Joe is a Patriot.


386 posted on 05/21/2010 6:57:36 PM PDT by ohioman
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To: Scott from the Left Coast
He is, effectively, a dictator. And there's not a damned thing anyone can do about it.

Scott, I think you've been on the Left Coast far too long, if you honestly believe what you just said.

see: American Revolution

387 posted on 05/21/2010 7:26:40 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: All

I wanted to read comments on this story on other web sites... and I can’t find it on CNN or MSNBC anywhere! I’m not surprised but still I can’t believe my eyes!


388 posted on 05/21/2010 7:45:11 PM PDT by GizzyGirl
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To: Flycatcher
Meanwhile, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said ICE is not obligated to process illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona authorities.

"That's amateurish, said Janet Napolitano, the amateurishness czar". (Steyn quote)


389 posted on 05/21/2010 7:56:27 PM PDT by magooey (then - NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!, now - NO DATA! NO WARMING!)
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To: rovenstinez
WHERE are the FED’s when it comes to protecting the borders?

They're too busy sniffing 0bama's back end to protect the citizenry from invaders.

390 posted on 05/21/2010 7:59:41 PM PDT by Schatze (It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.)
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To: angelcindy

They are pushing for a Federal I.D. scheme.


391 posted on 05/21/2010 8:11:34 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: sabe@q.com
Then they’re gonna have to allocate some more money to prison agencies to do it.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio has already figured out how to get the cost per prisoner down to about $1.50 per day.

Plus, these prisoners should be made to work on state projects for a net profit to the taxpayers of Arizona. Screw putting them up in Club Fed prisons.

392 posted on 05/21/2010 8:14:07 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: bigheadfred
The POTUS IS A FELON!

Actually, this is a legally significant point. The Founding Fathers reasonable claims of tyranny by King George were used to legitimize the break with Great Britain. This was a legal principle used by the Dutch revolutionaries against 16th Century Spain. However the Dutch had made a stretch to the law, in that if your Sovereign had committed a FELONY against you, all oaths and homage were null and void. You could go so far as to legally engage in war against you former Sovereign, if you so chose.

The less extreme option of packing up and finding another Liege Lord willing to protect you obviously follows.

Please see T. Beza's monograph "Des Droits du Magistrats sur lieur Sujets" of circa 1574 (french is approximate). In it, Beza references the exact law in the libri feudorum on the legal consequences of felonious activity against you by the government you had owed loyalty to.


393 posted on 05/21/2010 8:15:25 PM PDT by magooey (then - NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!, now - NO DATA! NO WARMING!)
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To: angelcindy

The poor baby will lose all that free time he has surfing porn sites.

Demanding he do work as opposed to stroking his little friend is simply too much to ask!


394 posted on 05/21/2010 8:18:20 PM PDT by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: Chances Are
It appears we are starting to move in to that very dangerous area where the government is breaking the social contract with the governed.

That situation never has a good outcome.

Come again? We had a great outcome in the late 1700s.

395 posted on 05/21/2010 8:20:24 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Chickensoup
The current regime wants war.

If we don't turn over the congress in November, the regime may get its wish (and more than it bargained for).

396 posted on 05/21/2010 8:21:34 PM PDT by Schatze (It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.)
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To: angelcindy; machogirl; Mad_Tom_Rackham; Fred Nerks
Seems to me someone ought to remind these find nimrods of the potential flaw in their plan:

Homeland Security Alert: Terror suspect may be headed to Texas through Mexico

What if he moves over a state or two?

Cheers!

397 posted on 05/21/2010 8:21:51 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: angelcindy
The law, which criminalizes being in the state illegally and requires authorities to check suspects for immigration status, is not "good government," Morton said.

He is sort of correct; it is NOT good government: GOOD government would make it unnecessary by protecting our borders and enforcing our laws..

398 posted on 05/21/2010 8:30:19 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Made in America, by proud American citizens, in 1946.)
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To: sabe@q.com
Again, it won’t work for juveniles.

So put the illegal juveniles in their own tent city, for crying out loud.

No wonder you cry on and on about losing your gov't job. You're apparently not a free market, solution oriented person.

399 posted on 05/21/2010 8:35:39 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: sabe@q.com
that’s federal jurisdiction

And you do nothing but shoot down solutions on this forum.

Tell me, what's your solution to this? Do you even have one?

400 posted on 05/21/2010 8:40:31 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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