[Blood of Tyrants]

Well, the official policy is to NOT enforce immigration laws or protect the border. So ENFORCING the laws cripples the policy of non-enforcement.

But truthfully, the federal government will have a very hard time with this case. First, they are alleging that the law differs from federal law, which it does not. Second, they would have to prove that enforcing a law that is virtually identical to federal law inhibits the ability of the federal government to do it.

This is a likely to fail miserably since the states have hundreds of laws similar to but slightly different from federal law. Arizona would do well to argue that point and to say that if they cannot pass this law that reinforces federal law, then ALL state laws similar to federal laws, such as bank robbery or counterfeiting, are null.

[Girlene]

Well, the official policy is to NOT enforce immigration laws or protect the border. So ENFORCING the laws cripples the policy of non-enforcement.

Well said. Getting into this suit, page 10,
"SB 1070 Represents an Unlawful Attempt to Set Immigration Policy at a State Level

Only the federal government may establish immigration policy-namely the process of determin[ing] who should or should not be admitted into the country."

If I'm reading this right so far, just because you came here under unlawful circumstances (i.e. illegal entry), the federal gov't alone will determine whether they want you to stay or be deported. They have total jurisdiction once you've arrived. Even determing whether you are an "unlawful alien" is considered forbidden by the Justice Department and DHS. It's theirs and theirs alone to question.