UPDATED: Federal Government Commits Act Of War Against State Of Arizona By Denying Right To Defend Itself Against Foreign Invasion: Federal Judge Blocks Heart And Soul Of Arizona Immigration Law
Jul 28, 2010 111 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
UPDATE 3: Alright, the maybe good news, after more details have emerged, is that cops can still ask people if they’re here illegally or not, they’re just not required to. However, I don’t know what that’s worth, given that the Mexican scum who are here illegally are no longer required to carry proof of legal status, as per the Leftist revolutionary judge’s ruling. So when a wetback says “Yes, I’m here legally” in Spanish, the cop can’t do , because he can’t prove otherwise, and has no legal reason to hold his Democrat-voting-and-spawning ass.
Update 2: This judge had her mind made up before she heard anything from anyone. That’s why on day 1 she said she’d rule on it in pieces, as she did today.
As sovereignty is erased when a border is erased, there is no longer an America, just Mexico North. We are an annex to a garbage heap.
UPDATE 1-More DOJ on ruling: “States can and do play a role in cooperating w/fed govt…but they must do so within our constitutional framework.”
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked some of the toughest provisions in the Arizona illegal immigration law, putting on hold the state’s attempt to have local police enforce federal immigration policy.
Though the rest of the law is still set to go into effect Thursday, the partial injunction on SB 1070 means Arizona, for the time being, will not be able to require police officers to determine the immigration status of anyone they stop or arrest.
U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton also struck down the section of law that makes it a crime not to carry immigration registration papers and the provision that makes it a crime for an illegal immigrant to seek or perform work.
In all, Bolton struck down four sections of the law, the ones that opponents called the most controversial. Bolton said she was putting those sections on hold until the courts resolve the issues.
The ruling said the Obama administration, which sought the injunction, is likely to “succeed on the merits” in showing the above provisions are preempted by federal law.
“The court by no means disregards Arizona’s interests in controlling illegal immigration and addressing the concurrent problems with crime including the trafficking of humans, drugs, guns, and money,” the ruling said. “Even though Arizona’s interests may be consistent with those of the federal government, it is not in the public interest for Arizona to enforce preempted laws.”
The ruling came just as police were making last-minute preparations to begin enforcement of the law and protesters were planning large demonstrations to speak out against the measure. At least one group planned to block access to federal offices, daring officers to ask them about their immigration status.
The volume of the protests will likely be turned down a few notches because of the ruling by Bolton, a Clinton appointee who suddenly became a crucial figure in the immigration debate when she was assigned the seven lawsuits filed against the Arizona law.
Lawyers for the state contend the law was a constitutionally sound attempt by Arizona — the busiest illegal gateway into the country — to assist federal immigration agents and lessen border woes such as the heavy costs for educating, jailing and providing health care for illegal immigrants.
Opponents argued the law will lead to racial profiling, conflict with federal immigration law and distract local police from fighting more serious crimes. The U.S. Justice Department, civil rights groups and a Phoenix police officer had asked the judge for an injunction to prevent the law from being enforced.
Localities inside Arizona were already preparing to interpret the law in different ways. The Tucson Unified School District’s Governing Board approved by a 5-0 vote a policy Tuesday that maintains the district’s stance of not enforcing immigration laws in the district’s schools.
The hardest-line approach was expected in the Phoenix area, where Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio plans his 17th crime and immigration sweep. He planned to hold the sweep regardless of the ruling.
Arpaio, known for his tough stance against illegal immigration, plans to send about 200 deputies and volunteers out, looking for traffic violators, people wanted on criminal warrants and others. He has used that tactic before to arrest dozens of people, many of them illegal immigrants.
“We don’t wait. We just do it,” he said. “If there’s a new law out, we’re going to enforce it.”
Elsewhere in the state, police officials were busy wrapping up training sessions this week. Many of the state’s 15,000 police officers have been watching a DVD released this month that signs that might indicate a person is an illegal immigrant are speaking poor English, looking nervous or traveling in an overcrowded vehicle. It warned that race and ethnicity do not.
Some agencies added extra materials, including a test, a role-playing exercise or a question-and-answer session with prosecutors.
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act of war
— n
an aggressive act, usually employing military force, which constitutes an immediate threat to peace
act of war
–noun
an act of aggression by a country against another with which it is nominally at peace. an act considered sufficient cause for war.
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