BREAKING Judge BLOCKS parts of Arizona immigration law
By JACQUES BILLEAUD and AMANDA MYERS, Associated Press Writers Jacques Billeaud And Amanda Myers, Associated Press Writers – 6 mins ago
PHOENIX – A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the most controversial parts of Arizona's immigration law from taking effect, delivering a last-minute victory to opponents of the crackdown.
The overall law will still take effect Thursday, but without the provisions that angered opponents — including sections that required officers to check a person's immigration status while enforcing other laws.
The judge also put on hold parts of the law that required immigrants to carry their papers at all times, and made it illegal for undocumented workers to solicit employment in public places.
U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled that the controversial sections should be put on hold until the courts resolve the issues.
The ruling came just as police were making last-minute preparations to begin enforcement of the law at 12:01 a.m. Thursday and protesters were planning a large demonstrations to speak out against the measure. At least one group planned to block access to federal offices, daring officers to ask them their immigration status.
The volume of the protests will be likely be turned down a few notches because of the ruling by Bolton, a Clinton appointee who suddenly became a crucial figure in the immigration debate when she was assigned the seven lawsuits filed against the Arizona law.
Lawyers for the state contend the law was a constitutionally sound attempt by Arizona — the busiest illegal gateway into the country — to assist federal immigration agents and lessen border woes such as the heavy costs for educating, jailing and providing health care for illegal immigrants.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100728/ap_on_re_us/us_arizona_i...
Arizona appeals immigration order
by BOB CHRISTIE
updated 1 hour 57 minutes ago
PHOENIX — Arizona asked an appeals court Thursday to lift a judge's order blocking most of the state's immigration law as the city of Phoenix filled with protesters, including 50 who were arrested for confronting officers in riot gear.
Republican Gov. Jan Brewer called U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton's Wednesday's decision halting the law "a bump in the road," and the state appealed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Thursday.
Outside the state Capitol, hundreds of protesters began marching at dawn, gathering in front of the federal courthouse where Bolton issued her ruling on Wednesday. They marched on to the office of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who has made a crackdown on illegal immigration one of his signature issues.
At least 32 demonstrators were arrested after blocking the entrance and beating on the large steel doors leading to the Maricopa County jail in downtown Phoenix. Sheriff's deputies in riot gear opened the doors and waded out into the crowd, hauling off those who didn't move.
Dozens of others were arrested throughout the day, trying to cross a police line, entering closed-off areas or sitting in the street and refusing to leave. Former state Sen. Alfredo Gutierrez, who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2002, was among them.
Marchers chanted "Sheriff Joe, we are here, we will not live in fear," and in the crowd was a drummer wearing a papier-mache Sheriff Joe head and dressed in prison garb.
Arpaio vowed to go ahead with a crime sweep targeting illegal immigrants. Phoenix police made most the early arrests, but other protests were planned later in front of a county jail.
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I am sorry about
I am sorry about that..sometimes it is right to pick out sneaky illegals the best way you can..
good. Arizona shouldnt be
good. Arizona shouldnt be allowed to do what they are doing. Just because they are a state challenging the FED government ppl think they are good. Arizona's law is immoral and should not be enforced. I understand that they dont want illegal aliens but they chose the wrong way to do it. If everybody stopped paying their property taxes and income taxes we be just about on the same lvl as the illegal aliens so quit bitching about getting them out and start bitching about how you can get down to their level. They just living the american dream. Doing what we wish we could
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Hoping you won't read the decision for yourself and see that nothing has changed, the liberal media is plastering the airwaves with stories about how they won. In fact, in the notes the judge wrote that she only actually considers the part of the law that requires all officer to always check immigration so apparently law enforcement officers still have the option to do it if the want to, and circumstances indicate it would be prudent. But this law has ALWAYS been a political straw horse to distract the people from the real issues. Law enforcement has always had the ability to check the status of immigrants in the course of their normal duties. There are numerous federal criminal statutes that are regularly enforced by state LEOs.
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Fact!
Sheriff Joe has been using these laws for years.The laws are there already,with this decision I see even more use of them.In the end it may turn out that having 1070 pass as a whole,was better than the laws already on the books.It did include protections that are not in the current laws.Sometimes folks just don't look far enough ahead.
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Sheriff Joe
has a lot of guts to actually stand up and uphold the laws. He recently said in an interview that he, and his officers will continue to enforce the federal laws which they have been doing for years. Nothing has really changed, which is fine by me. Illegal entrance in our country is against the law, I just don't understand why some here think it's okay for foreigners to enter our country without the proper documentation. Unfortunately, our country is being torn apart bit by bit. What we need is to secure our borders, stop hiring illegals, no more free medical services, and we need to stop funding welfare to non-citizens.
He just arrested 50 protesters
From Ca. that chained themselves to the jailhouse doors.
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ah....what fun for the LALA Land types
they will think they are extras in the remake of "Pretty In Pink"....
reminds me of Vin S. (of the LV Review Journal) speaking at an RP event in Vegas:
words to the effect: "would you Ca. folks please go home...you are ruining our town"
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This is how you make a point
Illegals from Ca.chaining themselves to Arpaio's jailhouse doors?,Many of them may not have to worry about driving home.They will be transported for free.
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hoping the public transport is pink too
but let's not tell these "actors", er "protestors," no teamster is driving that bus....
and that citation is not a SAG application
cee cee
You know what?
I may be mistaken and may have not looked far enough ahead on this,I'll bet they all have minor "Citizens" that need attending to at home in Ca.So they may not get that free ride out after all.
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or it is primarily the kids
who will do nearly anything to avoid class (in every sense of the word)
(oops....not mutually exclusive groups either)
cee cee
Is it against the law...
to chain yourself to the jailhouse doors? Of course it is, and they deserve to be arrested for it. The sad thing is these people are making him deal with them, and not allowing him to go out, and catch the people committing murders, and molesting kids. Civil disobedience is all these protesters will be charged with, and that comes with a slap on the hand, along with a couple hundred dollar fine.
Class warfare
The elites, by allowing a porous border to exist, give to the poor by way of access to government benefits and protection, distracting the middle class from the true plunder being inflicted upon them via inflation, taxpayer bailouts, etc., occuring daily before our very eyes.
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booya
that's the real truth
that's why the AZ struggle with the Fed is just a freakin' show...a show put on by the elitists
So I can now claim to be a minority and not have to prove it.
Awesome, time to really screw with the system. Since Obama is all about giving preference to minorities I guess I will push it.
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Reply from "Rich" (July 29, 2010)
The facts:
If you cross the North Korean border illegally you get 12 years hard
labor.
If you cross the Iranian border illegally you are detained indefinitely.
If you cross the Afghan border illegally, you get shot.
If you cross the Saudi Arabian border illegally you will be jailed.
If you cross the Chinese border illegally you may never be heard from
again.
If you cross the Venezuelan border illegally you will be branded a spy
and your fate will be sealed.
If you cross the Mexican borders illegally you will jailed for two years.
If you cross the Cuban border illegally you will be thrown into political
prison to rot.
If you cross the United States border illegally you get:
1 - A job
2 - A driver's license
3 - A Social Security card
4 - Welfare
5 - Food stamps
6 - Credit cards
7 - Subsidized rent or a loan to buy a house
8 - Free education
9 - Free health care
10 - A lobbyist in Washington
11 - Billions of dollars in public documents printed in your language
12 - Millions of servicemen and women who are willing to - and do - die
for your right to the ways and means of our Constitution
13 - And the right to carry the flag of your country - the one you walked out on - while you call America racist and protest that you don't get enough respect.
IF YOU AGREE, COPY AND RE-POST THIS
Time for illegal’s to go. We believe in legal immigration. Do it the right way. File your papers and wait your turn.
It is about time to stand up and protect our NATION. We can no longer afford to keep paying for the illegals of this country. Every illegal should be deported without haste. Our taxes should help those who are here legally. Please let TEXAS adopt this law too!!!!
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And never forget, “Humans, despite our artistic pretensions, our sophistication and many accomplishments, owe the fact of our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.”
Xenophobia is ugly
Perhaps you should move to North Korea, since you like their laws so much.
Either you've posted to the wrong reply, or did not read link.
or these "facts" are troubling you.
xenaphobia:
fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
How about we air lift all N.Koreans to America, and give Korea back to a few Chinese farmers? That must make more sence to you, ironman77.
Anyway, the findings above were from a reply by a fellow named "Rich", not myself. You can send your reply to Rich by clicking on the link; did you read it?
I think not, and the reason you offer such a sweeping, grandois reply.
Try this next time:
"America: Love it, or leave it."
. . . the weaponization of migrations
It's a story about the Amish migrating west to tame the farmlands and nurture a life style of value, you know, like the Mexicans used to have down south, until the NAFTA system and farm land confiscation for over thirty years, and Mexican civil war (Chiapas)ran them out to be replaced with serfdom and no ownership of land.
The issue is about political agendas like Codex, Agenda 21, decapitation of mountain tops, and the crashing of infrastructures.
And never forget, “Humans, despite our artistic pretensions, our sophistication and many accomplishments, owe the fact of our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.”
what happens when
you cross into israel illegaly?
How is he xenophobic?
he said he's fine with people coming here legally
Thinking you or others should above the law is ugly.
Surprise! Fed Judge sides with Feds
A considerable majority of the people of Arizona and the USA supported the law.
One person in a robe trumps the people. We are ruled by an elite.
Just another example of the absurdity that America has become.
If and when the people decide they have the courage they'll rise up and take their power away.
Washington D.C. is the problem, not the answer.
...they'll rise up and take their power BACK
The way to do that in this instance is to properly focus on the Constitutional solution, and lay this on the White House doorstep right where it belongs. As long as we allow there to be misdirected noise, we continue to relenquish our power.
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er, that's the way its supposed to be
These are the protections against mob rule enshrined in the constitution.
The judge is on firm ground regarding aspects of the law that allowed law enforcement to require proof of citizenship.
even if you disagree, the fact that there are checks and balances for this law, that even judge Napalatano questions, is good.
er, what do you have against consent of the governed?
To some the will of the people is mob rule. Jefferson said it long ago the fundamental question has always been whether the people will govern themselves or be governed by a small elite.
The reality is the law and the Constitution means whatever the elite say they mean. They use them to force their will on the people. If they're going to rule they should at least have to stand for election.
This isn't the first or last time the elite will use the courts to deny the will of the people.
Napalatano and others labor under the illusion that the Constitution means what the literal words say.
The Constitution means what the courts say it means, nothing more nothing less. They can change the meaning to suit their purposes.
This discussion about how the judge was going to rule was always nonsense. She was always going to rule as she liked based on whatever(maybe her feelings).
Decisions in America are based on who has the power, who has the guns behind them.
The idea that decisions are based on a literal meaning of the Constitution or the rule of law is a fairy tale.
Come on, see the world for what it is. It's about who has the power and who doesn't. Who rules and who obeys.
Only because the People have failed
to enforce the Constitution. Granted, the 16th and 17th Amendments took away much of our power, but we still have the power to keep the "elites" at bay. We do so in this case by demanding the PRESIDENT secure our borders. At least Arizona is making the case of Federal failure in court.
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I'm sympathetic to your view,
but how can the people enforce the Constitution when the people don't know what it means?
You and I would disagree but the courts will tell us they're enforcing the Constitution. How can we say they're not when they decide its meaning?
There is no objective meaning of the Constitution apart from the federal courts. That's what the "Living Constitution" means.
We can demand the borders be secured until we're blue in the face, but nothing will happen if they ignore us.
It's no accident the border is porous. The elites from both political parties want it that way.
Only because Arizona forced the issue is this being discussed. In the past both parties largely ignored it because they were in agreement.
Obviously a Leadership Issue,
or lack thereof.
When speaking in unison Constitutionally, The People have more power than the Court.
Resistance leadership should be focusing the People on the Constitutional solution. Same as Bush, the current President is failing in his Constitutional duty, and we have to hammer that point until we are blue. When enough people do so, they WILL listen. But leadership among our ranks will have to make it happen. Otherwise, the "elites" will continue having their way by keeping us "dispersed". I think we all have to recognize we have been fragmented into "manageable" groups, and they just continue to go about their dirty work. Our common denominator is the Constitution. If we stand on that and demand the President secure our borders NOW, we may get somewhere. That's better than just saying there is nothing we can do...that will lead to either slavery or bullets, neither being a very pleasant alternative.
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I have more faith in people
Otherwise what's the point - might as well go hide somewhere.