Monday, November 1, 2010

JUDGE QUESTIONS OBAMA'S ASSAULT ON OUR BORDERS

The Obama administration will sue Arizona for trying to help Washington enforce federal immigration laws, but flatly rejects the notion of suing sanctuary cities that blatantly defy those same laws.”


Judge questions Justice Department's lawsuit against Arizona immigration law
By Jerry Markon
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, November 1, 2010; 2:52 PM
A federal appellate judge expressed deep skepticism Monday about the Justice Department's lawsuit over Arizona's new immigration law, leaving uncertain the Obama administration's chances of stopping the law from taking effect.
Judge John T. Noonan Jr. grilled administration lawyers at a hearing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. He took aim at the core of the Justice Department's argument: that the Arizona statute is "preempted" by federal law and is especially troublesome because it requires mandatory immigration status checks in certain circumstances.
"I've read your brief, I've read the District Court opinion, I've heard your interchange with my two colleagues, and I don't understand your argument," Noonan told deputy solicitor general Edwin S. Kneedler. "We are dependent as a court on counsel being responsive. . . . You keep saying the problem is that a state officer is told to do something. That's not a matter of preemption. . . . I would think the proper thing to do is to concede that this is a point where you don't have an argument."
"With respect, I do believe we have an argument," Kneedler responded.
The interchange came at a hearing on the Justice Department's efforts to overturn the Arizona law, which empowers police to question people they suspect of being in the country illegally and has triggered a fierce national debate. A federal judge in Phoenix issued an injunction in July that blocked the law's most contested provisions from taking effect. Arizona appealed, leading to Monday's hearing.
With Noonan, an appointee of President Ronald Reagan, so bluntly stating his views, the government's chances of getting the injunction upheld may rest with two other 9th Circuit judges. One, Carlos T. Bea, is also a Republican appointee, while Judge Richard A. Paez is a Democratic appointee.
In addition, Bea and Paez are both of Hispanic descent. It is Hispanics who are most upset about the Arizona law, signed in April by Gov. Jan Brewer (R).
Bea and Paez questioned lawyers from both sides during Monday's argument, and their positions on the case seemed unclear.
The Justice Department lawsuit, filed in July, ratcheted up the political and legal debate over the nation's estimated 12 million illegal immigrants, with Republicans condemning the administration and civil rights groups praising the lawsuit.
Talk of illegal immigration has receded somewhat in the run-up to Tuesday's midterm elections, especially compared with the economy, but it has been a key factor in a number of races. Monday's argument, which Brewer attended, shone an even brighter light on the issue.
Brewer has vowed to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, and legal experts say the case likely will wind up before the high court within several years.
Government attorneys won the first round in July when U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton, seated in Phoenix, put on hold provisions of the law that would require police to check immigration status if they stop someone while enforcing other laws, allow for warrantless arrests of suspected illegal immigrants and criminalize the failure of legal immigrants to carry their registration papers.
Lawyers for both sides made arguments Monday similar to those they have advanced for months. Kneedler, a widely respect appellate lawyer, said the Arizona statute is "preempted" by federal law because immigration enforcement is solely a federal prerogative.
"This is an extraordinary state statute," Kneedler told the judges, saying that provisions such as the criminalization of failure to carry registration papers "are clearly preempted. . . . First of all, it's a direct regulation of immigration."
Arizona's lawyer, John J. Bouma, defended the law's constitutionality and said Arizona felt compelled to pass it because of "a federal government that has been unable or unwilling to solve" the problem of illegal immigration.
Civil rights groups have said the law targets Hispanics, but Bouma, a leading Phoenix lawyer, objected to that characterization. "When you look at this statute, the intent is to deal with illegal aliens," he said. "Arizona has a long and proud tradition of a Hispanic population, and nobody is trying to take away from that."

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The Obama administration will sue Arizona for trying to help Washington enforce federal immigration laws, but flatly rejects the notion of suing sanctuary cities that blatantly defy those same laws.”
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SANCTUARY CITY BALTIMORE – THE SPREAD OF MEX SUPREMACY
Illegal Aliens Want Sanctuary Policies In Writing
Last Updated: Fri, 08/27/2010 - 3:34pm
Lawmakers and police in a major U.S. city have reassured illegal immigrants that they’re protected under longtime sanctuary policies amid demands from open borders advocates that the measures be formalized in writing.
A group of Latino activists, clergy and civil rights leaders took to the street this week to command Baltimore officials to further solidify the city’s measures to shield illegal aliens from federal authorities. Like many law enforcement agencies across the nation, Baltimore Police bans its officers from inquiring about suspects’ immigration status.
Now emboldened illegal immigrants want the policy in writing to reduce crime and help bridge the gap between officers and immigrants after the recent murders of three Hispanic men in the area. The most recent victim, a Honduran, was clubbed and beaten with a wooden stake by a mentally disturbed teen who professed to hate “Mexicans.” Illegal immigrants are more prone to cooperate in these sorts of police investigations if the department has a written don’t-ask-don’t-tell immigration policy, their advocates say.
But Baltimore Police Chief Frederick Bealefeld asserts that a written policy is unnecessary because his officers never ask about immigration status as per the citywide sanctuary measures. In the three years he’s served as department head, Bealefeld says he hasn’t heard “one utterance on enforcement of immigration laws.” For their part, city officials assure residents that they should trust police to focus on fighting violent crime, not enforcing immigration laws.
This week a Maryland legislator threw a wrench in Baltimore’s sanctuary public relations campaign by announcing a proposed bill that will give citizens the power to sue public officials who violate federal immigration laws. If the measure passes, citizens can file complaints against public officials in circuit court and, if convicted, the official could be booted from office or face criminal charges.

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illegals vs crime

http://www.usillegalaliens.com/impacts_of_illegal_immigration_property_crimes_and_operation_predator.html

http://www.usillegalaliens.com/impacts_of_illegal_immigration_crime.html

http://www.cis.org/mortensen/bratton

http://articles.latimes.com/2008/sep/08/local/me-jail8
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http://www.numbersusa.com
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http://www.capsweb.org
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http://www.fairus.org
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http://www.immigrationwatchdog.com
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206 Most wanted criminals in Los Angeles. Out of 206 criminals--183 are hispanic---171 of those are wanted for Murder.

Why do Americans still protect the illegals??

http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_11255121?appSession=934140935651450&RecordID=&PageID=2&PrevPageID=&cpipage=1&CPISortType=&CPIorderBy=

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TEN MOST WANTED CRIMINALS IN CALIFORNIA ARE MEXICANS!
http://ag.ca.gov/wanted/mostwanted.php?fid=mostWantedFugitives_2010-01

http://www.mexica-movement.org/ They claim all of North America for Mexico!

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53103 Did you know illegals kill 12 Americans a day?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/1738432/posts FBI Crime Statistics - Crimes committed by illegals.

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