A Border Control Agent called into Rush today, very angry with the SCOTUS decision, since he believes that AZ law is in fact a carbon copy of the federal immigration laws. He referenced Title 8 of the United States Code section 1304 small e, everybody go look it up, says that if you're here illegally and you're not a citizen, you have to carry proof of that with you. The law's already on the books.
My honest question, since I don't know, is what do you see as the parts of the AZ law that are not a "carbon copy" of the federal law since it seems the Border Control Agent thinks the pertinent part is directly from federal law.
“My honest question, since I don’t know, is what do you see as the parts of the AZ law that are not a “carbon copy” of the federal law since it seems the Border Control Agent thinks the pertinent part is directly from federal law.”
Section three:
Criminal charges as opposed to civil charges, no access to appeals, and the big one - having the state try the charges and not the federal government.
Section four: the entirety.
Section five: the entirety.
Section six: Arizona trying charges against legal aliens for crimes committed in other states. Arizona’s determinations as to what offenses conducted by legal aliens constitute deportable offenses.
There’s quite a bit in the AZ law that goes well beyond that of the federal law. Calling it a carbon copy is quite a misnomer. It’s not, and nor was it intended to be a copy. It was intended to give Arizona the tools that they believed they needed to control their border.