Arizona Governor Hires Attorney to Defend Immigration Law
Phoenix Business Journal: “Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has hired veteran Phoenix attorney John Bouma to represent the governor’s office in lawsuits against the new immigration law.”
Annotated Full Text of Arizona Immigration Law – SB 1070
Professor Gabriel “Jack” Chin of the University of Arizona School of Law has prepare an annotated version of the full text of Arizona’s immigration law, SB 1070. the full text of SB 1070, The complete text of Senate Bill 1070 prepared by Professor Chin has been published by the Arizona Republic. Here are links to the highlights:
- Background points
- Who can get sued for what?
- What Does the Law Require of Law Enforcement?
- What uses of race do the U.S. and Arizona Constitutions permit and prohibit?
- Alerting officials
- What do the federal violations references consist of?
- What is the interaction with freepseech and other rights?
- Does this law make it a crime to be illegal on its face?
Obama & Leader of a Country that Requires Aliens to Carry Papers at all Times & Jails them for 2 Years if in the Country Illegally Attack Arizona
On May 19, 2010, President Obama and the leader of a country that has a no-nonsense put the aliens in jail policy joined to attack the State of Arizona for wanting to enforce the existing United States immigration laws. Mexican President and hypocrite Felipe Calderon, with President Obama at his side, said:
“We gave special attention to border matters. We retain our firm opposition to criminalize immigration.”
It was understood by all present and the main stream media that President Calderon meant he only opposed criminalization of immigration laws by Arizona, not by the United States or Mexico where aliens must carry papers at all times and can be jailed for two years if in Mexico illegally or ten years for a second offense.
Both Presidents forgot to mention the recent Amnesty International Report called “Widespread Abuse of Migrants in Mexico is Human Rights Crisis” and if they had read the actual text of the new Arizona law. The former University of Chicago law school lecturer attacked Arizona with the leader of Mexico because he forgot the presidential oath of office he took in which he promised to defend the United States.
See the Los Angeles Times story called “Presidents of Mexico, U.S. slam Arizona law on undocumented immigrants.” See also “President Calderon: Migrant workers face discrimination in AZ,” another story in which President Calderon and the media fail to mention Mexico’s human rights abuse of illegal immigrants migrants in Mexico.
List of Organizations Boycotting Arizona
The Arizona Republic is keeping a list of organizations boycotting Arizona and canceling events in Arizona because of Arizona’s new illegal immigration law
Phoenix City Attorney Says Mayor Gordon Lacks Authority to Cause Phoenix to Sue to Overturn New Immigration Law
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon got more bad news today when Phoenix City Attorney Gary Verburg issued his opinion that the mayor does not have the authority under Phoenix city law to unilaterally cause Phoenix to start a lawsuit. Mayor Phil wants Phoenix to sue the State of Arizona to overturn the new Arizona immigration law, but he cannot get a majority of the city council to approve the lawsuit. The City Attorney said that only the city council has the power to cause Phoenix to file a lawsuit. Mayor Gordon’s new plan is to join with other plaintiffs in a lawsuit to overturn the new law. Since a number of lawsuits challenging the new law have already been filed with more sure to follow, you’ve got to wonder why Mayor Phil needs to join the fray. Perhaps it’s just politics and he is pandering to his political base.