Looks like U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton just shot down the majority of the provisions in the Arizona Immigration Law, including…
• Requiring a police officer to make a reasonable attempt to check the immigration status of those they have stopped;
• Forbidding police from releasing anyone they have arrested until that person’s immigration status is determined;
• Making it a violation of Arizona law for anyone not a citizen to fail to carry documentation;
• Creating a new state crime for trying to secure work while not a legal resident;
• Allowing police to make warrantless arrests if there is a belief the person has committed an offense that allows them to be removed from the United States.
This is completely wrong.
Where are we headed?
“Requiring Arizona law enforcement officials and agencies to determine the immigration status of every person who is arrested burdens lawfully-present aliens because their liberty will be restricted while their status is checked,” U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled.
“…their liberty will be restricted while their status is checked…” WTF are we supposed to do? Buy ‘em a cold beer and put ‘em under a shade tree?
Given the chance, these illegals will bite the hand that feeds them. Mark my words.
Looks like it’s headed for the Supreme Court, and it shouldn’t be.
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Also from her ruling,
“There is a substantial likelihood that officers will wrongfully arrest legal resident aliens,” she wrote. “By enforcing this statute, Arizona would impose a ‘distinct, unusual and extraordinary’ burden on legal resident aliens that only the federal government has the authority to impose.”
“…that only the federal government has the authority to impose.”
Can I interpret this as meaning that I can willfully and wantonly ignore any federal statute with no fear of repercussions from state or local law enforcement?