In Arizona, Feds Are Fighting a Monster They Built
President Obama’s lawyer has argued more than a hundred cases before the Supreme Court. Last Thursday in Arizona, he got served.
Solicitor General Edwin Kneedler came to challenge SB 1070, the controversial law that would make police arrest and prosecute people suspected of not having papers. It’s set to go into effect on Thursday, July 29. The Justice Department has argued the law oversteps constitutional bounds by creating a parallel immigration system that threatens the federal one and interfering with foreign relations. Latin American governments are up in arms. Looking federal Judge Susan Bolton straight in the eye, Kneedler indicted Arizona for ending an era of “great cooperation” between federal and state officials. For years, local officers have helped the feds perform deportation duties. “That doesn’t mean the state can make its own immigration law,” he explained. Read More, Here. - via ColorLines
