Posted on 07/08/2010 5:02:43 PM PDT by Bad~Rodeo
Arizona’s Gov. Jan Brewer and state legislators from both sides of the aisle vowed to fight all the way to the Supreme Court against a Justice Department suit challenging the state’s tough new immigration law.
“I will not stop fighting to protect the citizens of Arizona and to defend Arizonans in federal court,” Brewer said. “Arizona will ultimately prevail against the lawsuits—including this latest assault by the Obama Administration. Our laws will be found to be constitutional—because that is exactly what they are.”
Brewer called the DOJ lawsuit “a massive waste of federal funds.”
“As a direct result of failed and inconsistent federal enforcement, Arizona is under attack from violent Mexican drug and immigrant smuggling cartels,” Brewer said. “Now, Arizona is under attack in federal court from President Obama and his Department of Justice.”
The Justice Department on Tuesday filed a 27-page suit in the 9th U.S Circuit of Appeals in Phoenix saying the Arizona law violated the supremacy clause of the Constitution and sought an injunction against the law’s implementation. SB 1070, the illegal-immigration enforcement law, passed in April and was slated to go into effect July 29.
Atty. Gen. Eric Holder’s staff again alleged SB 1070 will result in racial profiling, but unlike the federal statute which SB 1070 mirrors, Arizona’s law expressly prohibits racial profiling. State and local law enforcement officers are being trained to avoid crossing that line under penalty of termination and criminal charges.
“We’re not going to be intimidated by the Department of Justice,” said Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. “The federal government should be asking for our help instead of suing us.”
Arpaio plans the sheriff department’s 16th illegal immigrant sweep to coincide withSB 1070’s implementation date.
SB 1070 author and state Sen. Russell Pearce, (R.-Mesa) said
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Precedent for State's Right and Sovereignty has already been set.
FEDs to have the legal head handed to them over SB-1070.
Post no. 9 Bump.
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I've seen several of those weepy MSM articles documenting just what your surmise.
You know, the kind that show the sweet tiny Mexican mamasita who has no one to sell fresh tortillas to because all the families have left the small town.
Cry me a river.
Sorry, Mexico, the gravy train is over. Take care of your own poor citizens and stop snickering when they cross our border and become America's problem.
Should be published is all Arizona papers, with a subtle warning on what happened the last time.
From the Declaration of Independence:
“He has forbidden his Governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them”
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