The battle lines have been joined and the provisions of Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070 are in the maw of the judicial system.
Whatever was going to happen yesterday, this attempt by a state to protect its citizens from an invasion of illegals, kidnappers, drug cartels and violent criminals, was headed for the Supreme Court of the United States. In fact, after Mexico City, Phoenix holds the title of “World Capital for Kidnapping”,
The judicial decision wasn’t a surprise to many but I suspect that the aftermath may be. For a start, the Federal Law is still intact and many jurisdictions in Arizona may well seek to enforce it even more rigorously than before. Remember that the new Arizona law mirrored the Fed stuff that’s been around since the 1940’s except for one aspect. The new state law required that police officers determine a person’s immigration status if it was in doubt but only if they had been stopped for another offence.
Before, on the other hand, the police merely had the discretion to go that one step further but not the mandate. My guess is that the number of cases referred to ICE will increase. Waddya’ think?
The real message here is one of raw politics with more than a tinge of money thrown in.
Employers want cheap labor with no rights and no benefits.
Unions want membership dues.
Obama and the liberals want voters who they believe will prolong their grip on the reins of power.
Whatever was going to happen yesterday, this attempt by a state to protect its citizens from an invasion of illegals, kidnappers, drug cartels and violent criminals, was headed for the Supreme Court of the United States. In fact, after Mexico City, Phoenix holds the title of “World Capital for Kidnapping”,
The judicial decision wasn’t a surprise to many but I suspect that the aftermath may be. For a start, the Federal Law is still intact and many jurisdictions in Arizona may well seek to enforce it even more rigorously than before. Remember that the new Arizona law mirrored the Fed stuff that’s been around since the 1940’s except for one aspect. The new state law required that police officers determine a person’s immigration status if it was in doubt but only if they had been stopped for another offence.
Before, on the other hand, the police merely had the discretion to go that one step further but not the mandate. My guess is that the number of cases referred to ICE will increase. Waddya’ think?
The real message here is one of raw politics with more than a tinge of money thrown in.
Employers want cheap labor with no rights and no benefits.
Unions want membership dues.
Obama and the liberals want voters who they believe will prolong their grip on the reins of power.
Sounds good if you’re a liberal but it may not be quite that simple. And, of course, if you are a liberal it has to be made simple.
What is the missing unknown from this hypothesis? Where is the “X”?
The absent element is the American citizen, the voter, the poor Schlub who picks up his lunch pail inside his front door each morning and heads off to another day of uncertain labor.
The absent element is that across this great country an overwhelming majority want to see illegal immigration brought under control. Of course, Obama didn’t win Arizona last time and there is no way in Hades he would do so again. But, of course he knows that, which is why it was OK to sic his DOJ attack dogs on this state.
What is the missing unknown from this hypothesis? Where is the “X”?
The absent element is the American citizen, the voter, the poor Schlub who picks up his lunch pail inside his front door each morning and heads off to another day of uncertain labor.
The absent element is that across this great country an overwhelming majority want to see illegal immigration brought under control. Of course, Obama didn’t win Arizona last time and there is no way in Hades he would do so again. But, of course he knows that, which is why it was OK to sic his DOJ attack dogs on this state.
But what about all the other states that were planning their own version of SB 1070? Well that was another reason for the federal lawsuit against Arizona. It was the warning shot across the bows.
However, it’s just possible that Obama’s hubris will be his undoing. A clear majority, nay a close plurality, want illegal immigration stopped and any conservative candidate this November or in 2012 who doesn’t use this perfectly sharpened spear doesn’t deserve to prevail.
Does Obama know this? Well on an intellectual level he must, even if he’s only half as smart as his acolytes profess.
But then perhaps, his own belief in his own invincibility gets in the way.
And we all know what comes before a fall.
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