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Arizona Immigration Law Debate Puts Fed v State Jurisdiction Center-stage The U.S. Supreme Court is going to sit in judgment this week over Arizona v. United States, No. 11-182, and the ramifications are many. One of the political consequences could be that the judgment would influence the presidential race: If Arizona wins then Obama loses face and Romney would have cause to cheer, if Arizona loses, then the consequences would favor Obama. However, of far greater importance to the people of U.S. is how the U.S. Supreme Court interprets the rights of Fed v State in the matter of lawmaking and implementation.
04/23/12
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Arresting of illegal immigrants without a warrant if an officer suspects they have committed a crime making them liable for deportation
In the middle is the judicial system of the country, which time and again has tried to uphold the rule of law, and has found itself criticized by Mr. Obama
The key issue, of course, is the Latino vote bank
as an ‘unelected’ body nosing into the affairs of
which forms 16 percent of the present population of
legislatures. From healthcare, through federal authority
U.S. Romney is already not favored by Hispanic illegal
superseding state laws in medical marijuana, to the
immigrants, and Obama is all out against checking
present challenge to the rights of Arizona over its own
immigrant status, as the 11.5 million illegal immigrants
immigration laws, the Obama administration has time
can decide the presidency if they can manage to cast
and again sparked off the debate. The recent case in
votes.
the Supreme Court is of consequence because of this – the way the authority of Arizona is defined would
As Paul Clement, the attorney for Arizona says,
affect the working of many states that are similarly tied
“This is another federalism case. This is not all about
to the United States concept.
immigration. It’s really about the relationship between the federal government and the state government. It’s the norm that you have state officials enforcing federal
The Issues:
law.” Does federal immigration law pre-empt and bar the key A recent Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll already found that
provisions of Arizona’s law?
Americans generally support Arizona and are undecided about the Fed v State debate at the core of the case.
The provisions in question are:
The opinion poll found close to seventy percent of •
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Checking the immigration status of anyone
those surveyed favoring state laws that allow police
detained and suspected of being illegally in the
to check a person’s immigration status and criminalize
country
illegal immigrants working in the U.S.A. As usual, in
The requirement for immigrants to carry their
most regions of U.S. the debate has become a mindless
papers at all times
Democrat v Republican thing with partisans giving little
Banning illegal immigrants from soliciting work in
thought to the actual implications upon the institution
public places
of federal democracy.
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