Local police can ask for all the papers they want, spend all the time in the universe filling out their own paperwork - but the local police still cannot deport people. They have to hand them over to the Federal government authorities, who aren’t deporting anybody.
That’s why I think the AZ law was merely symbolic and stupid. Pass a real law that prevents (a) “sanctuary cities” from receiving any state aid, and (b) anyone in the state from receiving state benefits, including schools, unless they can prove citizenship.
The difficulty here is that because of birthright citizenship, there will be many non-legal immigrants whose kids actually will be legal immigrants and thus will be eligible for benefits.
So how does a state handle that? Or how does a state handle it when Obama declares all visa overstayers (most of our worst terrorists came from this group or from legal, naturalized citizens) to be legal immigrants?
Brace yourselves, because it’s going to happen. He wants more Muslim immigrants, he’s already expanded their quota, and he’s going to get them. And they’ll all be legal.
All of your points are well stated. We’re in a mess, no doubt about it. In terms of an increase in Muslim immigrants, you are again so right. I’ve been reading Andrew McCarthy’s book and it’s depressing how political correctness is leading to our ruin. Even under Bush, the visa “overstayers” were not dealt with...and with Obama, it’s of course even worse.
But we’re all racists, don’t ya know./s