U.S. Supreme Court should overturn Arizona's anti-illegal-immigration law

**working4change** · 04-02-2012, 06:06 AM

U.S. Supreme Court should overturn Arizona's anti-illegal-immigration law

The Supreme Court should reject Arizona's anti-illegal immigration law and send a cautionary message to states about overbearing immigration legislation.

THE U.S. Supreme Court should strike down four troubling provisions of Arizona's anti-illegal-immigration law. They conflict with federal laws and ought not become models for states grappling with illegal immigration.

The federal government has exclusive authority over immigration enforcement. One can debate the efficacy of federal efforts but Arizona's 2010 immigration law was a wrongheaded attempt to supersede federal law.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked key provisions of the law, including requiring law enforcement to question people about their immigration status, ask for documentation and detain those without it. Arguments that this could lead to racial profiling are persuasive. The immigration status of people arrested would also have to be determined before they could be released.

The appeals court blocked other odious provisions, including making it a state crime for illegal immigrants to try to find work and allowing police to make arrests without warrants if they have probable cause to suspect individuals committed crimes that could make them deportable under federal law.

Placing the burden of immigration enforcement on local police is impractical and expensive. Hard-won relationships between law enforcement and immigrant communities would be damaged if Arizona's law becomes a model for other states.

The United States Conference of Mayors and the National League of Cities filed amicus briefs siding with the federal government. Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes and attorneys representing 40 other jurisdictions also rightly weighed in on Arizona v. United States.

The Supreme Court should reject Arizona's law.

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**Kiara** · 04-02-2012, 09:04 AM

"THE U.S. Supreme Court should strike down four troubling provisions of Arizona's anti-illegal-immigration law. They conflict with federal laws and ought not become models for states grappling with illegal immigration."

How can they conflict with federal laws when the laws arn't enforced by the feds? Someone has to do something about the invading illegals.

**HAPPY2BME** · 04-02-2012, 09:52 AM

We are selling the sovereignty of our nation one head of lettuce, one cantaloupe, one ear of corn, and one pint of strawberries at a time.

**kathyet** · 04-02-2012, 11:34 AM

Why wait for any laws at all, just don't hire them, don't give them all the freebee's they get. Why is everyone making this so darn difficult...Your not a legal citizen of this country you don't get anything, you don't vote, you don't belong!!!!!!! What is so hard to understand on this issue????

**ReformUSA2012** · 04-03-2012, 08:23 AM

Seriously IF the US Supreme Court strikes down the Arizona Law under grounds of Arizona stepping over their bounds of power it should also strike down every single pro illegal alien policy and regulation Obama has put in place from him overstepping his power trying to pass laws by bypassing Congress. Someone should have filed a suit on that grounds of the Administration and Obama over reaching their powers ignoring Congress which is elected by the people for passing the laws while Obama is elected as a leader of the country but not to be the one passing laws or choosing enforcement or non enforcement.