is like Major Nidal Malik Hasan suing the State of Texas for having a law against murdering people at Fort Hood--
Posted on 11/01/2011 9:04:46 AM PDT by tobyhill
The federal government filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to stop implementation of South Carolina's tough new immigration law, arguing that the legislation that requires law officers to check suspects' immigration status is unconstitutional.
Federal officials and state officials had met to discuss the issue a week ago.
The government wants a judge to stop enforcement of the legislation, which requires that officers call federal immigration officials if they suspect someone is in the country illegally following a stop for something else, U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles told The Associated Press.
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This was news... yesterday.
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is like Major Nidal Malik Hasan suing the State of Texas for having a law against murdering people at Fort Hood--
“We won’t do our job.....and we don’t want the states doing it, either.”
States Rights.
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