U.S. v. Arizona Amicus Brief Filed
onservatives,One of President Obama’s first actions upon taking office was to order his Department of Justice to sue the State of Arizona. Arizona was accused of following existing Federal immigration law. Sounds absurd, doesn’t it? It sounds absurd because it is absurd, but those are the facts of U.S. v. Arizona.
Unfortunately there’s even more to be upset about in U.S. v. Arizona. If this were a simple disagreement between a state and the federal government about who and how immigration law is to be enforced, it would be interesting, but not shocking. However, in U.S. v. Arizona the Obama administration actively violated existing Federal law (and continues to do so today). Federal law, passed by Congress before Obama took Office, prohibits any government agency from limiting access to INS information about the immigration status of any person. Yet the lawsuit filed by the Obama administration asked the Arizona Federal Court to do exactly what Federal law specifically said that no government agency can do.
