Over 70% of the American population supported Arizona's proposition 1070, and the Republicans are going to town over Obama's suit that temporarily shut the majority of the bill down. Clearly the Obama administration is against the States and the will of the people. Well wait a minute. Five points that render Fox News' spin on it kinda suspect. First, the proposition didn't actually give police officers any more power than they had under the current federal immigration law. The law required new behavior from existing officers - all of which involved charging the immigrants with a new crime that would have placed those prisoners in local jails before INS got them instead of turning them directly over to INS. Realize Joe Arpaio, the 30 year sheriff of the county where this law originates is AGAINST this law. He's not a liberal, he's convinced that this law gives him nothing but additional red tape and costs. Second, this law effectively amends and extends the Feder...
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