Wow - that is a whole lot of states - maybe Obama can use some of his Obama dollars (aka, Stimulus) to increase the staff at DOJ. He's gonna have to, if almost half the country enacts legislation to mirror federal law. (Please don't think about that one too hard - it will just make your head explode.)
And about that whole DOJ lawsuit targeting AZ...Well, I should say, ONE of their lawsuits targeting Arizona, the one directed at Sheriff Arpaio. Oh, yes - the DOJ is handing out these lawsuits in Arizona like they are candy. Not only are they suing the state, but they are suing the Maricopa Community College for - get this - discriminating against would be employees by asking for additional paperwork. And why did they do this? Because the would be employer asked for a Green Card. And the DOJ is filing suit for that? WTH?
(UPDATE) Yes, this is how the DOJ stated their, um, "concern":
[snip]The Justice Department said a valid driver's license and a Social Security card are usually sufficient to show that a person is authorized to work. Requesting a green card amounts to "immigration-related employment discrimination," said Thomas E. Perez, the assistant attorney general for civil rights.
Federal law forbids treating "authorized workers differently during the hiring process based on their citizenship status," Perez said. He said the department's Office of Special Counsel would bring legal actions against employers who impose "unnecessary and discriminatory hurdles to employment for work-authorized noncitizens." [snip] (Click HERE to read the rest."
Again, I say, WTH??? Asking for a Green Card is discriminatory?? You have got to be kidding me. Is the DOJ aware of the law passed in 1940 requiring naturalized and legal aliens to carry their papers at all times? Good grief.
Then there is Sheriff Arpaio, who allegedly committed Human Rights violations. Except maybe he didn't, as this Daily Caller piece by Byron York indicates, "New Evidence Undermines Fed's Case Against Arizona." Oh, yeah - this is a doozy:
[snip] Despite the splash of attention from the newest lawsuit, the Justice Department's investigation of Arpaio could end badly for Holder. When the Department first informed Arpaio that a probe was under way, back in March 2009, it sent a letter saying the investigation would focus on "alleged patterns or practices of discriminatory police practices and unconstitutional searches and seizures." But now we learn that just six months before that, in September 2008, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, known as ICE, did its own investigation of Arpaio's office -- and gave it a clean bill of health. Arpaio's lawyers recently got a copy of the ICE report through the Freedom of Information Act.
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The report, crammed with acronyms and bureaucratese, is not light reading. But struggle through it, and the key sentence is this: "The OI and DRO supervisors consider the conduct and performance of the MCSO ... officers to be professional and meeting the requirement of the MOA." Translated, that means officials from the Homeland Security Department's Office of Investigation (OI), along with officials from the Detention and Removal Operations office (DRO), concluded that the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO), in its handling of illegal immigrants, acted in a professional manner and complied with a memorandum of agreement (MOA) under which the government gave them the authority to enforce federal law. That agreement included a ban on racial profiling.
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What happens now? It's been nearly a year and a half since the investigation began, and the Justice Department has not charged the sheriff's office with violating anyone's civil rights. Instead, Thursday's lawsuit goes after Arpaio for allegedly failing to cooperate fully in the probe.
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Failing to find proof of real discrimination in Maricopa County could ultimately doom the administration's entire crusade in Arizona. The much-publicized suit against the new immigration law is based on the possibility that it might result in future discrimination, but at the same time the department is struggling to find evidence of civil rights violations in Arpaio's office, which uses enforcement techniques similar to those outlined in the new law. There's a real chance that in the end Obama's war on Arizona will come to nothing. (Click HERE to read the full post.)
Honestly, the whole concept of our Department of Justice suing one of our states for enforcing federal Immigration law is so mind boggling, I hardly have words to describe it. Visualize Scooby Doo's shaking his head, and that's what I am doing.
Fortunately, a regular at No Quarter, Noogan, summed it up well with this comment:
This is the issue that crystalizes my fear and loathing of this administration. Everything about it stinks to high heaven. It's unconscionable. The Federal government suing the state of Arizona for passing a law which mirrors Federal law; at the same time allowing ICE and other government arms of the state to ignore Federal law? This is simply outrageous. It's breathtakingly tyrannical.
It's stunningly unconstitutional. Along with allowing the President of Mexico to come here, speak before Congress, maligning this country? These acts are the reason for the widely held suspicions about Obama; and no matter how many times liberals and the professional left mock the anger about it, the fact remains: The President of the United States is violating the Constitution, behaving as a dictator. That's a very good reason to suspect the man.
I simply don't have words to express my loathing of Eric Holder and Obama....
Thank you, Noogan. I couldn't have said it better myself.
One thing is crystal clear - Obama and his Department of "Justice" have it in BIG time for Arizona. They are throwing anything they can against the wall hoping SOMETHING sticks to bring Arizona down. So far, though, all they are doing is demonstrating a callous disregard for the laws they are sworn to uphold.
The DOJ and Obama Administration are sure going to have their hands full if half the country follows Arizona's lead of trying to enforce Federal law.
Wow. I have to stop now, before my head explodes...
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I just don't even know what to say, Rev. It's all too mind-boggling. Has there ever been a time in the history of this country that the government has sued one of its own states for enforcing a law that mirrors the federal laws?
And now a suit against the college for asking for proof of citizenship to prospective employees? I'm sorry, but isn't that already the f'ing law????
It's lucky that Sheriff Arpaio's attorneys were able to get the ICE report through the FOIA before the feds could deny it on the grounds of national security or some such nonsense.
I hope all of those 22 states implement an Arizona-style immigration law. And then I hope they all, including AZ, file a lawsuit against the government for failure to uphold federal law.
Noogan couldn't have said it better.
Can we impeach him NOW for violation of his Oath of Office? Please please please can we? I won't keep asking for my Unicorn and O-cash if we can. Please?
I know, SF - it really is mind boggling. This vendetta against AZ - and how can it be described as anything but? - is just astonishing. No, I have never, in all my born days, seen anything like what this government is doing under Obama and Holder.
YES it is the freaking law to show proof of citizenship! Hell, I have had to provide my ID, my Social Security card, and have even had to show my birth certificate before to work for a non-profit. And they made COPIES of everything to put in my file.
The other thing the ICE report showed was how well the sheriff's department worked with government agencies on immigration. Not that the DOJ seems to give a damn abt that.
Again, it is so, so clear that they are punishing AZ.
I wonder if those other 22 states will get a gratuitous mention in a State report, too? I mean, really - when you look at how they stuck the part abt AZ in, it is clear it added NOTHING to the substance of the report, and disrupted the flow of the Immigration portion. Very telling.
Well, I don't know, SFIndie - since you haven't even gotten any Obama dollars or even your unicorn, the powers that be might not be swayed. :-) Maybe in Jan. you will get your wish! Teehee!
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