”Florida, Texas and seven other states filed a brief supporting Arizona's immigration law aimed at cracking down on illegal migrants after the U.S. government sued to block enforcement of the law.
Arizona's statute doesn't establish an immigration policy that would interfere with federal law, countering the U.S. argument, the states said in the filing today in federal court in Phoenix. The law isn't an "obstacle" to Congress' objectives, the states wrote. .........
The states, in their filing, asked U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton to reject the U.S. injunction request. Bolton scheduled a hearing in the case for July 22.
Representatives of the U.S. Justice Department didn't immediately return a call seeking comment.
The Arizona law makes it a state crime to be in the U.S. illegally. The statute requires local police officers who come in contact with someone for law enforcement reasons to check the individual's immigration status if they suspect the person lacks proper documentation.
Alabama, Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota and Virginia, plus the territory of the Mariana Islands, also joined in today's brief supporting Arizona...." [end excerpt]
These Perry haters do not want to be confronted by facts—it is more fun to hate.