Comments about ‘States consider immigration laws in absence of federal response’

'In fact, every state legislature that had a session this year considered at least one bill seeking some sort of immigration reform, according to a report Wednesday by the National Conference of State Legislatures.' - Article

'Judge blocks parts of Arizona immigration law' - By Jacques Billeaud - AP - Published by DSNews - 07/28/10

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'But for now, opponents of the law have prevailed: The provisions that angered opponents will not take effect, including sections that required officers to check a person's immigration status while enforcing other laws.'


So long as any revisions are not based in pre-concived bias, there won't be any problems with it.

Yet Obama never questioned the sanctuary cities that refuse to enforce any immigration laws.

It's all dishonest Chicago style politics.

This is an issue that must be addressed at the state level because the federal government has failed us. Federal laws are on the books regarding illegal immigration and the feds turn their heads the other way. They make a token attempt at looking as though they are doing something to curb illegal immigration when the heat is turned up but they really have one eye on the prize......12 to 20 million new voters for their party if they provide amnesty to the illegals. It's all about votes in the end. Most of our elected officials in D. C. don't care about securing the border or protecting U. S. citizens. They are after votes plain and simple. They see lots of votes on the south side of the border and want them. Bring our elected officials to justice now before they totally erase the border with Mexico.

Unfortunately, the Feds have the ability to block or ignore nearly anything the states try to do. States can't deport illegal aliens; they can only turn them over to ICE, and they often have just turned them loose with a paper they signed agreeing to appear at a hearing at a later date, which the illegal immigrants have then ignored because the Feds don't have the manpower or will to follow up.

Currently, 46 states are either putting their own immigration laws together or already have them ready for a vote. If anyone who posts here or on any other SLC online paper thinks that it's just Utahns who are tired of illegal aliens, read the posts from Florida papers. Some of those people are ready to take the law into their own hands.

The problem is not a lack of laws. The problem is a lack of enforcement, either from fear of being unjustly called "Racist!" or pandering to a potential voting block, or a desire to harm our country, or perhaps less odious reasons.

What is clear is that unless the federal government suddenly starts to enforce our border laws, it will fall on the states to take action. It is not the way it should be, but it is the reality of today's situation.

Anyone, at any level, from President, to Attorney General, Governors, state Attorneys General, city council members, or federal, state or local law enforcement officials who is unwilling to enforce our immigration laws needs to be voted out of office, and/or impeached.

Good on Rep. Sandstrom for his bold leadership in tacking a huge problem!

Immigration and invasion are two different matters, invasions are by force to disrupt the economy and our constitution rights to defend our country. States laws are not violating immigration laws, they are supporting federal laws to obey and defend this country from illegal foreign nationals terrorizing this country. The evidence of terrorism is very apparent in the jubilation of illegals who think they have won the right to violate this nations sovereignty. How many national crimes is these judges willing to allow illegal foreign nationals to violate before Mexico proclaims one third of the US is now mexican territory?

The conflict comes only when states pass laws in direct conflict with federal laws … and do so when those federal laws are within the powers granted Congress by the Constitution. The Arizona law is in utter and absolute accord with existing federal law. The state’s statute is constructed entirely around federal law. If the federal law is unconstitutional, or if the Executive Branch feels that the federal law is unconstitutional, then the Obama Administration has a constitutional duty to challenge that law in federal courts, and, until a federal judge rules otherwise, to enforce the law (whether Obama and his subordinates like the law or not.)

The reality is, the Administration is doing things: Reported earlier this week:

"In a bid to remake the enforcement of federal immigration laws, the Obama administration is deporting record numbers of illegal immigrants and auditing hundreds of businesses that blithely hire undocumented workers. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency expects to deport about 400,000 people this fiscal year, nearly 10 percent above the Bush administration's 2008 total and 25 percent more than were deported in 2007. The pace of company audits has roughly quadrupled since President George W. Bush's final year in office."

And it is the Republicans in Washington who are stopping a bill from passing. They want this as a wedge issue for the election, not to do what is right.

What is the biggest lie? It is a politicain saying this amnesty will secure the border and stop future illegal entry. It has happened 8 times (count them). Maybe, just maybe, we, the tax paying citizens, don't trust our bums in Washington!

Esquire,
since BO's bailing with a tablespoon instead of a teaspoon when water is flooding in at 40,000 gallons per minute, you say that's enough? And if someone (AZ) shows up with a sump-pump, BO won't let them use it.

As for the company audits, they force companies to fire the illegals, but don't deport the illegals. They just leave them here with no means of support other than sucking off society. It's a calculated ploy on BO's part: he can then say, "wouldn't you rather have them employed than living off welfare?" and push for amnesty. How dishonest - how BO-ish.

What bill are the repubs blocking? You mention no bill in your post.

We needto get rid of the lawmakers who have failed to have immigration laws enforced. We need get rid of the cowardly police who refused to enforce the laws. Shame on them for surrendering our country to Mexico.

Since the political elites in the Federal Government want the flood of illegal immigrants to continue, for the states, it is like trying to push the string through the keyhole. It is possible to get results but very difficult.

We need to be clear about why laws against illegal immigration and border security are not enforced:
1.) Employers believe that they need this labor to maintain profits.
2.)Certain ethnic groups are determined to change the demographics and politics of the United States.
3.)The very rich and powerful globalists want the population of the U.S. to expand so that global companies may increase profits. A poor Mexican illegal alien has much more income living in the United States than Mexico.
4.)Illegal drug and human traffickers are creating huge profits on both sides of the border. These traffickers with their money, are able to influence politics at the highest levels, in both the United States and Mexico.
5.) Misplaced compassion (enablers)feel sympathy for the poor and "huddled masses yearning to be free." This "compassion" could cause economic and environmental U.S. disasters in the not too distant future.