Posted on 04/26/2010 7:03:23 PM PDT by Abakumov
To hear liberal critics talk, it would be easy to think the state of Arizona unleashed anti-Latino posses to detain all brown-skinned people, demand their proof of citizenship and toss them in jail if the answers aren't satisfactory. ...
The O Force claims Arizonans are illegally trespassing on federal legal domain. "The determination of who should or shouldn't be in this country is not one for the states to make," Mr. Obama said. "This is a federal prerogative. Even if the states think we aren't doing our job, they have no right to step in." Like much of what the president says, this is not true.
The Supreme Court has ruled that when state laws are harmonious with federal regulations, pre-emption is not a given. In this case, Arizona is not claiming the right to define who is an illegal alien but to help enforce existing federal law. The federal government would need a persuasive reason to argue that Arizona cannot lend a hand, and because the president admitted the system is broken, he seems to have conceded the point.
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Arizona - press on.
The USS Arizona fires a salvo and hits it’s mark! Stick to your guns AZ, as a fellow ‘zonie I will support my pols on this one. I know the AZ freepers will too. We are right and they are wrong, illegal is illegal.
BTT
Yes sir..and what is with the Micheal Medveds of this world thinking this is going too far and will hurt republicans in 2010. Give me a break! What is hurting us are the millions of illegals taking jobs from alot of Americans who cannot find one! Good heavens! What is wrong with these people?
The obama mentality. It is a disease.
uh,duh,states have rights you a$$clown and AZ is enforcing federal law dumba$$
I can’t stand Medved he thinks his own ....don’t stink he’s a boring self-absorbed self-promoter
Not broken, not used. Illegal immigration is a direct result of abortion.
Arizona may not have much say about the Federal border but once the border jumping vagrants are inside the state ....
Why would hurt it Republicans?
I mean the people who get offended by this weren't going to vote(R) anyway.
That's what I don't understand about pro-amnesty 'pubs.
Idiots!!!
“he’s a boring self-absorbed self-promoter”
Well, he did use to be a “movie reviewer”.
Maybe some of it rubbed off.
Tell us of your strong support for illegal immigration, Barack!
Take a stand for what you believe in!
It’s going to help the GOP and conservatives.
Illegals will be forced out of AZ, taxpayers will be happy to have their state back.
CA and NM will get the illegal overflow and all the bad stuff that comes with it. They will need to adopt similar policies.
Obama declares support of Mexicans!
It is win - win - win all the way around.
Like ALL of what Soetoro says, it’s a lie. He misstates what the issue is (”determining who is and who isn’t an illegal alien”). He then lies about what Arizona has the right to do.
from what i have gathered by listening to him only a few times (he gets on my nerves with his neurotic screeching)
he really thinks he’s a great political commentator because of his relatively “high i.q.”. to me he is the male equivalent of Dr. Laura Schlesinger (a total hypocrite & wench)both make my blood boil-that’s why i listen to other people like Howie Carr , Mark Levin, & Mike Savage
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