I am not a lawyer and do not totally understand a lot of what I am hearing about the decision yesterday to prevent the immediate implementation of the Arizona illegal immigration law. Therefore, I will give some perspectives from people who have the background to understand what just happened.
Andy McCarthy at The Corner at National Review Online pointed out yesterday that the law in Arizona is in compliance with federal law. He states, "The judge, however, twisted to concept of federal law into federal enforcement practices (or, as it happens, lack thereof). In effect, the court is saying that if the feds refuse to enforce the law the states can't do it either because doing so would transgress the federal policy of non-enforcement ... which is nuts."
If you follow the link to the article, you will see his total argument that the decision reached yesterday was not based on sound law.
Paul Mirengoff at Power Line commented yesterday:
"...Other judges might have waited to see how Arizona implemented the law before striking it down based on a construction Arizona has repudiated. Judge Bolton did neither.
"Judge Bolton also appears to have overstated the burden the Arizona law places on lawfully present aliens. According to Heather McDonald and Mark Krikorian, the number of lawfully present aliens who cannot instantly establish their right to be in the country is small. And even as them, their right to be here probably can be established quickly by contacting federal authorities.
"In the weighing of interests required before a preliminary injunction is issued, it would seem that Arizona's interest in coping with half a million or so illegal immigrants and the havoc this influx is causing outweighs the small burden the law may impose on a relatively small number of lawfully present aliens. In any event, I don't believe the contrary view is established in advance of seeing how the law actually works."
It seems to me that not enforcing federal immigration laws puts a huge burden on the residents of Arizona. Phoenix has become the kidnapping capital of the world. I suspect that strict enforcement of immigration laws would change that quickly.
CNS News today reports:
""Aliens from countries of special interest to the United States such as Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and Pakistan (known as special-interest aliens) also illegally enter the United States through the [southwest border] region," Richard Stana, the GAO homeland security and justice issues director, said in a report issued July 22 on alien smuggling across the U.S.-Mexico border."
I understand that the lack of border security has to do with the Obama Administration's push to give illegal aliens amnesty so that they can become Democrat voters. However, I am concerned that in their pursuit of voters, the Obama Administraiton is endangering our country. You can see the video of President Obama before he was president saying that border security and amnesty were a politcal 'trade off'' at Hot Air. It was posted on June 22 of this year after Senator Kyl stated that he had been told by the President that we would not have border security until amnesty was passed.
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