[JCBreckenridge]

“that they committed a public offense making them removable from the United States.”

This right here. Who decides if a public offense committed warrants deportation? AZ or the Feds?

[kabar]

The states don't have the authority to deport anyone nor was AZ ever asserting such a right. The Feds have always had that authority and no one is challenging them on it. The states can and have reported the apprehension of illegal aliens to the Feds. Depending on the offense, the feds pick up the illegals for deportation. The feds have claimed that they have limited detention facilities and resources to pick up the illegals.

Under federal law, anyone here illegally is subject to deportation. Obama has unilaterally decided that he can arbitrarially determine who can and cannot be deported. He is also issuing work permits to illegal aliens, another violation of our laws.