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    Arizona Needs Clarity on Its Immigration Law

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    COMMENTARY | There are a lot of issues in this country that we all could go round and round about. Several of these issues will, eventually, wind up being resolved by the Supreme Court. That day can't come fast enough for issues such as Arizona's immigration law. The state -- and the nation, really -- desperately needs an answer. Can it enforce its immigration law or not?

    As it stands, according to an article in the Yuma Sun, the Supreme Court last week gave Arizona until Feb. 6 to show a lower court judge was mistaken in blocking the state from enforcing some of the law that gives state authorities greater power to arrest illegal immigrants. The Department of Justice will then have until March 19 to respond and lay out its arguments as to why Arizona should not be permitted to do what the state says the federal government is unwilling to do: Stop the flood.

    Meanwhile, the state's legislature is at war with itself over the issue. Democrats would like to pass legislation to repeal the law. Republicans, who happen to hold the state's House and Senate, want to go further in enforcing the law by declaring a state emergency and that Arizona "will be exercising its right of sovereignty over soil within its boundaries," the Yuma Sun reported.

    The governor is having small, intense, finger-pointing scuffles with the president. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is being investigated by the Department of Justice on allegations of discrimination against Latinos. A woman who is a U.S. citizen born in Yuma has been prevented by a judge from running for city council for not having a sufficient grasp on the English language.

    Meanwhile, the issue either looks like a state desperately trying to protect itself in absence of federal protection or it looks like Arizona's government is prejudiced, depending on whom you ask. There is no doubt illegal immigration is costing a lot of money and a lot of problems in Arizona.

    There is no doubt the government has been dragging its feet in coming up with a comprehensive solution for the problem. So now it's up to the Supreme Court to decide what Arizona can and can't do on its own to curb the problem. I hope the Court makes its decision soon because if there's one thing Arizona could use right now it's a bit of clarity.

     
    • patriot 67  •  Phoenix, Arizona  •  3 mths ago
      to all of the so called wannabe sheriffs of maricopa county for get it you just like the rest of the illegal crowed ARPAIO is our sheriff AS LONG AS HE WANTS TO BE .
      • J 3 mths ago
        You go Joe and Jan Brewer!!!!
    • The Frog  •  3 mths ago
      This is a Mexican problem as well. Mexico's political elite do not want it to stop. They want all the "peasants" to move out and into the United States. Mexico only polices 3 of its 4 borders. We have a failed state next to us that is completely corrupt and complicit with drug cartels and we are supposed to be concerned with "threat level orange" and some "jihadist" in a far away land.
      • yahoo user 3 mths ago
        Wouldn't it be nice if we could get all our welfare recieprients to move to Mexico? That is why Mexico loves this.
      • ronboy 3 mths ago
        that and the moneys sent back is a huge part of there income in mexicon or mexidrug
      • Jeff Poggenburg 3 mths ago
        Thumbs Up
    • SneakyW  •  Hattiesburg, Mississippi  •  3 mths ago
      Seems pretty clear to me AZ got tired of the Federal Government not doing it's job and decided to give them a hand. Obama is worried about the votes he'll lose if they do. What could be more clearer then that?
      • mr. spectacular 3 mths ago
        I could not have said it better!
      • JackylofArizona 3 mths ago
        It makes no scene, do you honestly believe illegals are coming here to vote? First off, they can not, secondly, they don't give a crap if they can vote or not. BTW, which President in the last, oh 30 years, signed an amnesty bill? Your old pal, Reagan. Also, be as I live in Phoenix, how would I, a person who grew up here, know if a person is illegal or legal? That is the heart of the question. Us as Americans are not required to carry ID with us all the time, only when operating a motor vehicle. If I was walking down the street, the police can not just pull me over and ask for my ID. Even if I committed a crime, I am not required to give them any information at all. But, if you are of Latino decent, you MUST carry ID with you at all times, even if you are born here in America. And, trust me, this law will be abused like crazy, the Sheriff department already has tried deporting Native Americans back to Mexico (Native Americans, you know, people who we stold the land from) it took and Immigration judge to release her because MCSO refused to believe her. That is just ONE story of multiple stories of wrongly arrested people who the sheriff office doesn't believe and it takes a judge to release them.
      • Douglas 3 mths ago
        You are full of lies pal. There are plenty of nondriving offenses you can be arrested for and you better have identification or you will be taken to the police station.
    • alan  •  Dayton, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      We better do something fast before they destroy our country like they have there goverment !they cant even control the drug cartels yet obama wants to bring them here and allow them to get our benifits and education so then they can bring more of there drugs and gangs over here to set up shop Obama and these liberals must go !
    • Ted Davis  •  Bangkok, Thailand  •  3 mths ago
      The USA simply needs to ENFORCE the immigration laws that exist...Like other countries. We really don't need new committees and brain trusts to invent new laws...Just make the laws that are on the books WORK...America...TAKE BACK YOUR COUNTRY...!!!
      • khiem 3 mths ago
        Kind of "difficult" when you have the "enemy" in OUR White House!
      • ronboy 3 mths ago
        lol. so true
      • J 3 mths ago
        That's what the states are doing! Kick Obama to the road!
    • Monkey  •  3 mths ago
      sooner we get rid of the ACLU the better off this country will be........
      • patriot 67 3 mths ago
        the ACLU is nothing more than a liberal base for their lawyers they should not be allowed to put america in their name they are strictly for illegal immigration .
      • ronboy 3 mths ago
        thats correct , and we pay these people with our tax dollars . i mean congress , sorry
    • StopUSA  •  3 mths ago
      Don't do as Mexico says, do as Mexico does if anyone dare enter there illegally or without a return Plane ticket or need med care or seek a JOB: trying being an illegally and voting in Mexico...or having dual Citizenshp whil you are a US Citizen of Generations not from a puta de Mexico.
    • Time waits for no slave  •  3 mths ago
      I never understood why Mexicans never stand up to their government and demand change!Look at the middle east.They are doing something about their leaders,for better,or worse.But,at least they are trying.Mexicans are just cowardly coming here and and forgetting where they came from.They say they have ''Mexican pride''but,I see a bunch of cowards who will not stand up to their government and would rather work like slaves in another country and get no respect.Do not be fooled by demorats or repelicans.They want then here too.Their corporate buddies make money off them and they satisfy shareholders with the bottom line.American corporation of greed would never have too outsource to little anatomy Chinese men if they had illegals too do the work here.America,the land of the brave,and the home elitist pigs that sellout their own country for a buck.What a disgrace!
    • bigd55  •  3 mths ago
      I live in Arizona. Arizona has been very clear about what it wants to do about illegal aliens. We want them out of our state. If the other states are too cowardly or to blinded by Obama's smoke and mirrors to enact similar legislation to get rid of them than they are more than welcome to them
    • StopUSA  •  3 mths ago
      No, the laws are on the books: enforce the illegals, gangs, rapist, MS-13's, Mex Mafiosos, Federalies, diseased, BILL THEIR NATIONs of origin: and 2/3's US pop increase alone if direct from Mexico or part of the overall hispanic 80% illegitimacy DIAL #2 for Spanish[ costing us double while you illustrous joke of a VP voted with the DEM 2008 against making ENGLISH the official language of the USA]or do not arrest any US Citizens!
    • Keith s  •  Los Angeles, California  •  3 mths ago
      Hey rebel yell just leave your address and phone # and all the illegal aliens can come live with you,you have room for 20,000,000 right! kool aid drinking little #$%$
    • Brian Brekke  •  3 mths ago
      they are sucking our resources dry they have more rights than legal citizens...I have a question..If a woman who is pregnant goes on vacation to mexico,goes into labor and has the child on mexican soil does that make her child a mexican? If the answer is no then if they are here illegally and have a child it should also make that child illegal as well
    • Ehhh Verify  •  3 mths ago
      Nobody cares about the border with Canada, or the Cubans in Florida when it comes to immigration, it's all about that dump to our south bringing all there trash across the southern border. mexicans control the vote in California and they are broke, better hurry up, before the country looks like the one to our south, that they and there ancestors built.
    • truth  •  Charlotte, North Carolina  •  3 mths ago
      No need for walls on the border. High fines for anyone that employees illegals, for each illegal, and futher occurances would result in imprisonment for business owners would do it. If they cant work here they wont be here unless for transportation of drugs. ENFORCE the LAWS
    • gavon  •  3 mths ago
      Another piece of crap article by Yahoo. The problem with the Obama administration and illegals is that the Arizona law is TOO clear. GO HOME OR BE ARRESTED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • grinned reaper  •  Lorain, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      Go Arizona, tell the Feds to take a hike The Nation is counting on you .
    • jer  •  3 mths ago
      An "immigrant" is someone who has done all of the paperwork and taken the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States to become a citizen. These are "undocumented foreign nationals" or "illegal entrants." There's your clarification!
    • Bubba  •  3 mths ago
      Just do like Mexico does when someone crosses the border shoot them or put them in jail and throw away the key unless they're rich and can buy their way out.
    • RB  •  San Antonio, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      No country and its citizens in history have been more open to immigration than the US. No country and its citizens in history have been more taken advantage of by illegal immigrants than the US.
    • Da Vern  •  Greensboro, North Carolina  •  3 mths ago
      Should be simple. ENFORCE the law! Only this govt. (American; D or R) would have a problem with this, anybody else would hold the law to the letter! Pick and choose which laws to enforce. Crappy way to run a government!!
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