Yesterday, DOJ filed a lawsuit to block Republican racial profiling in Arizona.
The US government on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Arizona for a controversial immigration law which has been sharply criticized by America’s neighbors and by the US administration.
A Justice Department statement said it was challenging the new law in the courts because it hampered the authority of the administration of President Barack Obama to enforce national immigration policy.
It also placed significant "burdens" on federal agencies and law enforcement, the department argued.
Federal laws do not permit the development of a "patchwork of state and local immigration policies," it said.
"Diverting federal resources away from dangerous aliens such as terrorism suspects and aliens with criminal records will impact the entire country’s safety," US Attorney General Eric Holder said in the statement.
"Setting immigration policy and enforcing immigration laws is a national responsibility," he added.
The Arizona law, due to take effect on July 29, makes it a crime to be in the state, which borders Mexico, without proper immigration papers and requires local police, who are not federal agents responsible for immigration matters, to determine if people are in the country legally… [emphasis added]
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This law is unconstitutional. Article I, Section 8 (4) specifically reserves setting naturalization policy to the US Congress. But it does have one positive thing. Perhaps Arizona will profile John Boehner and deport him to wherever orange people come from.
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If they want their border secured so damned bad, why don’t they pay for it? That takes it out of the Feds and Obama’s hands and puts the onus on AZ. They are the only ones clamoring for it, let them pay. Granted, it goes against the Constitution, but hey, let’s see some money.
If they want to spend the $150 billion it would take to deport all the illegals, fine. Let them propose a surtax on the richest 1% to pay for it.