US government sues over South Carolina immigration law

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

http://news.yahoo.com/us-government-sues-over-south-carolina-immigration-law-230033084.html

AFP – 6 hrs ago

President Barack Obama's administration Monday challenged a new immigration law by South Carolina, the third such law it has taken on, arguing it is unconstitutional and interferes with federal immigration authority, the Justice Department said.

"The Constitution and federal law do not permit the development of a patchwork of state and local immigration policies throughout the country," the department said in a statement.

"South Carolina's law clearly conflicts with the policies and priorities adopted by the federal government and therefore cannot stand," it added.

The law in the southeastern US state "is designed to further criminalize unauthorized immigrants.

"And like the Arizona and Alabama laws, (it) expands the opportunity for police to push unauthorized immigrants towards incarceration for various new immigration crimes by enforcing an immigration status verification system," according to the challenge.

The law in South Carolina, signed by Governor Nikki Haley -- the daughter of immigrants from India, signed the law in June. It is to take effect January 1.

The department argued that South Carolina's law would unduly burden federal agencies

It also will "result in the harassment and detention of foreign visitors and legal immigrants, as well as US citizens, who cannot readily prove their lawful status," the department charged.

Haley however believes her small, socially conservative state is within its local legal rights.

"As the daughter of immigrants who came to this country legally, Governor Haley understands that no American value is more sacred than the rule of law. That's what this is about, 'nothing more, nothing less,' Haley spokesman Rob Godfrey told Politico.com.

"If the Feds were doing their job, we wouldn't have had to address illegal immigration reform at the state level. But, until they do, we're going to keep fighting in South Carolina to be able to enforce our laws."

The United States, with some 11 million undocumented migrants, sorely needs national immigration reform, which Obama has said he will try to pursue if he is re-elected.

Opposing flexibility on immigration politically can be very thorny in the United States, where most people are either descended from immigrants or are immigrants themselves.

But with the economy sputtering and unemployment high, many conservatives argue immigrants take jobs away from American workers. Opponents however maintain US workers simply will not do the toughest of jobs -- like farm work and meat processing -- commonly taken by migrants in the country illegally.

[TBoneTX 46,018]

Perhaps now, all the Undocumented Democrats will hightail it to the other Carolina.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Perhaps now, all the Undocumented Democrats will hightail it to the other Carolina.

Tboner...where you been lately? Long time no see on here.

[TBoneTX 46,018]

Tboner...where you been lately? Long time no see on here.

Reading but not commenting, si man & no man. Anniversary trip to "Cuerpo" (minor riddle; who can guess the answer?) this weekend with Mrs. T-B. & Mini-Bone.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Reading but not commenting, si man & no man. Anniversary trip to "Cuerpo" (minor riddle; who can guess the answer?) this weekend with Mrs. T-B. & Mini-Bone.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Cuerpo

Cuer´po (kwẽr´pô)

n. 1. The body.

In cuerpo

without full dress, so that the shape of the Body is exposed; hence, naked or uncovered.

Exposed in cuerpo to their rage.

- Hudibras.

[TBoneTX 46,018]

That's what cuerpo means, but where might Cuerpo be, huh man?

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=&source=hp&q=Cuerpo+location&oq=Cuerpo+location&aq=f&aqi=&aql=1&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=24425l27844l0l28563l10l10l0l3l3l3l961l5630l5-2.5l7l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=19557f1f637173eb&biw=1440&bih=775

[TBoneTX 46,018]

Gong... one more guess for you, see man.

[TBoneTX 46,018]

Gong... one more guess for you, see man.

Final clue, see man: 7-8-4-0-1.

[slim 1,530]

The body of Christ. Texas, of course.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Listen, almost all Reptilian politicians are malicious, but they are not all stupid. They KNOW that a state cannot implement a law that interferes with federal law, yet they do it anyway to stir up emotions of the ignorant right wingers and Christian fundamentalist and appease their votes which they would get anyway.

It's just a silly game, nothing else, all at taxpayers' expense.

Reptilian implement law, feds challenge it, Court of Appeals either agree with feds or the Supreme Court will based on the Supremacy Clause. it's all known to anybody who cares to care, so I find this only distracting. I'm glad that as a California resident my tax dollars are not used for such nonsense. Before you cry out loud, yep, I rather have my state government use my tax dollars for education and medical care than for law suits! Perhaps that's the reason why the California economy is in 13th position, not in the U.S., mind you, but on planet Earth, despite giving children an education, regardless of their immigration status.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Listen, almost all Reptilian politicians are malicious, but they are not all stupid. They KNOW that a state cannot implement a law that interferes with federal law, yet they do it anyway to stir up emotions of the ignorant right wingers and Christian fundamentalist and appease their votes which they would get anyway.

It's just a silly game, nothing else, all at taxpayers' expense.

Reptilian implement law, feds challenge it, Court of Appeals either agree with feds or the Supreme Court will based on the Supremacy Clause. it's all known to anybody who cares to care, so I find this only distracting. I'm glad that as a California resident my tax dollars are not used for such nonsense. Before you cry out loud, yep, I rather have my state government use my tax dollars for education and medical care than for law suits! Perhaps that's the reason why the California economy is in 13th position, not in the U.S., mind you, but on planet Earth, despite giving children an education, regardless of their immigration status.

They do it too, because it sort of works. States with these immigration laws (even one's where most of the law is on hold) have seen major migration out of the state.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

They do it too, because it sort of works. States with these immigration laws (even one's where most of the law is on hold) have seen major migration out of the state.

True.

And that helps them how?

Less slaves for agricultural work, less income taxes collected, less sales tax collected, less vehicles purchased, less apartments and houses rented.

Educate me!

[Misha & Ira 113]

Unauthorized Aliens? Unauthorized? Really?

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

The body of Christ. Texas, of course.

Corpus Cristi?