Thread: OUR VIEW: Holding pattern on immigration

OUR VIEW: Holding pattern on immigration

gadsdentimes.com
Editorial
Published: Monday, October 17, 2011 at 7:53 p.m.

Last week’s ruling by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta on Alabama’s immigration law settled nothing permanently.

It put things into a holding pattern that could last for months, as the legal fight over the law continues.

We welcome that, just as a chance for everyone to take a breath, although we realize it’s unlikely the temperature of this debate will be cooled.

There’s too much at stake — for those who are yelling “enoughâ€

It would be hilarious if not so tragic that the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has put a hold on the right of states to require compliance with federal law that requires immigrants to carry their papers and documents.

How can the "constitutionality" of a state law that requires people within that state to comply with an already existing federal law that requires immigrants to carry their immigration papers and documents be in question?!