Posted on 07/26/2010 10:46:19 AM PDT by pissant
As the Department of Justice goes to court today to block the implementation of Arizona’s immigration law, Congressman Hunter has introduced legislation to deny DOJ any funding to continue challenging the Arizona law until action is taken against sanctuary cities. The legislation – the Sanctuary City Prevention Act – follows a recent report that DOJ is unwilling to force sanctuary cities into compliance with immigration law, despite filing a lawsuit against Arizona on the basis that the state law interferes with federal enforcement duties.
“It’s ironic that the basis of the Obama Administration’s lawsuit against Arizona is that immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility, but it refuses to do anything about the sanctuary cities that actually impede effective enforcement,” said Congressman Hunter. “In the case of Arizona, the state is simply enforcing the laws that the federal government refuses to enforce itself. The preference of the Administration to challenge Arizona while ignoring sanctuary cities is blatantly hypocritical.
“If the Administration believes that Arizona is contributing to a patchwork of laws that will ultimately impede federal enforcement, then it needs to be consistent and address the multitude of challenges created by sanctuary cities – something it can already do under existing authority.”
(Excerpt) Read more at hunter.house.gov ...
>> Every single Republican MUST co-sponsor this vital legislation.
ROFLMAO!
Yeah. Sure.
Yes, that’s like hoping for a miracle.
I wish it would happen... but I’m not going to hold my breath.
Good Luck Duncan!
It will at least put the lie to the test. Not gonna happen but light it up.
This is brilliant! Go Duncan!!!!
(I wonder if the dimwits in the lamestreet media will report on this?)
BUMP
Ping!
Wonderful move. This needs to get publicized, too.
Duncan D.Hunter stands with Arizona!!!!
Where are the rest of the GOP sellouts????
Paging John McCain...
His old man tried like hell to get the same thing passed. He ran into a RINO brick wall.
Just got back from Maricopa, AZ. There was a huge billboard in Tucson of McCain's. There's a bunch of brain-dead McCainiacs there, some folks never learn.
Things were running along quite smoothly in that area, very conservative (Maricopa) but there is a housing slump going on, doesn't look healthy at the moment but we'll see...
All that furious housing constuction from a couple of years ago sure cooled off. Elections matter.
You got THAT right there, pissant!
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