This has nothing to do with the enforcement of immigration law. Obama knows that there is plenty of case law that gives states the right to enforce federal law, and that there’s zero chance that the Feds will win on this. And they know the racial profiling argument is BS too.
Why then did they file the suit if, as I claim, they know they will lose?
Because there’s an election coming up, and they’re behind the 8-ball. The economy and other issues have caused the level of Hispanic support for Obama to drop by about 20% since his election. But since this lawsuit was filed - it’s gone back up 3%.
This lawsuit is a political maneuver designed to elevate Obama in polls and by extension, any Democrat Congressional candidates he endorses. Obama knows the majority of the country supports the law but he only cares about regaining Hispanic voter support in time to keep Harry Reid and other influential Dems in power in 2010.
This seems to be a risky gambit for Obama. I wager that for every vote he wins from the hispanic population, two moderates jump off the fence away from him.
I think that there is a lot more than the Hispanic support for 2010, I think that Obama is going to try to ram the illegal alien amnesty through in a lame duck session after the 2010 election, in time to get all those people registered to vote in 2012.
I wonder if he wants to give amnesty to Korean aliens, as well. We have a Korean friend who was here on a student visa while in college and has been trying to get back legally ever since.