DOJ: No Plan To File Lawsuits For Refusing To Cooperate With Feds
The Obama administration said this week that there is no reason to sue so-called sanctuary cities for refusing to cooperate with federal authorities, whereas Arizona's new immigration law was singled out because it "actively interferes" with enforcement.
"There is a big difference between a state or locality saying they are not going to use their resources to enforce a federal law, as so-called sanctuary cities have done, and a state passing its own immigration policy that actively interferes with federal law," Tracy Schmaler, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., told The Washington Times. "That's what Arizona did in this case."
But the author of the 1996 federal law that requires states and localities to cooperate says the administration is misreading it, and says drawing a distinction between sanctuary cities and Arizona is "flimsy justification" for suing the state.
"For the Justice Department to suggest that they won't take action against those who passively violate the law --who fail to comply with the law -- is absurd," said Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee and chief author of the 1996 immigration law. "Will they ignore individuals who fail to pay taxes? Will they ignore banking laws that require disclosure of transactions over $10,000? Of course not."
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A narrow minded government created
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We have a president that swore (before millions --- MILLIONS --- of adoring fans, who have convieniently forgotten it now) to uphold and defend the Constitution and the laws of this country. NOW, he picks and chooses ewhich laws he upholds, which ones he will ignore, and who get SELECTIVELY prosecuted under the laws he CHOOSES to enforce!! THAt more aptly describes a despot, a dictator, a thug who corrupts our "rule of law' democracy. We won't last another 2 1/2 years under this poser....
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ReplyDeleteRhode Island has a similar law to Arizona and has been supposedly actively interfering with federal law for quite some time.
ReplyDeleteWhy were they not condemned also?