Read the Supreme Court's decision here: ARIZONA ET AL. v. UNITED STATES
The Supreme Court’s ruling on the Arizona immigration law is
right on. The original law included
several parts that usurped or superseded Federal law. These had to be eliminated. I have never supported the part of the bill
that allowed police profiling for the investigation of immigration status. This kind of activity would be fine if it
only affected illegals, but it’s probable that such a policy would also affect
legal residents and citizens.
The Supreme Court did not strike down the portion of the
bill allowing for the verification of immigration status secondary to
detainment or arrest for another infraction.
This is completely in line with accepted practice. Currently, an officer running an ID during a
traffic stop, for instance, will check for warrants. Adding immigration status to this check is
completely appropriate. Will it be
abused? Yes. Authority is always subject to some
abuse. But it won’t see a greater level of abuse
than warrant checks.
Unfortunately, some of the news media sources are
misreporting this decision. The Supreme
Court has not upheld the secondary immigration check in the bill, it has simply chosen not to strike it down. It has sent this portion back to the lower
court to monitor for abuse. If abuse
occurs, this portion of the law can still be struck. Also, they have not allowed for profiling as
reported yesterday by the BBC. This portion
of the bill was struck down.
As for the Federal Government’s failure to uphold our nation’s
immigration laws… I’ll have to address
that in another post.
BTW: For the record:
Illegal aliens are “illegal aliens” or “illegals”. They are in this country in violation of the
law, regardless of age or circumstance.
They are not “undocumented workers”, or “undocumented immigrants”. They are non-citizens engaged in illegal
behavior. We can offer amnesty, we can
change our laws, but we cannot change the fact that these individuals are
violating our current law.
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