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| Top Official Says Feds May Not Process Illegals Referred From Arizona |
| 2010-05-22 |
| Fox News legal analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano said ICE is not obligated to process illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona authorities. "ICE has the legal discretion to accept or not to accept persons delivered to it by non-federal personnel," Napolitano said. "It also has the discretion to deport or not to deport persons delivered to it by any government agents, even its own." Your tax dollars in action..... Guess the Arizona police will just have to throw the detainees over the border fence ... |
| Posted by:Uncle Phester |
| #22 Judge Andrew Napolitano is on record as stating that he and HomeLand lady are cousins. He was on Fox and Friends one morning, and was asked that, and answered, "as cousins." |
| Posted by: Sherry 2010-05-22 11:59 |
| #21 Since the Federal government has no intention of guarding the border or enforcing immigration law, maybe Arizona will build their own border barrier and bill the Feds. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-05-22 11:02 |
| #20 Saying Napolitano is a Top Official is a bit misleading since he doesn't work for the government. Just because ICE can does not mean they would refuse to process. It might be politically damaging not to. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2010-05-22 11:02 |
| #19 Much as I'd like to stick it to LA, it's too close to Arizona - they probably would come back. And please don't send them to D.C. - as much as those idiots deserve it, the illegals would likely cross over into Virginia and we have too many illegals already. San Francisco, Seattle, and NYC are good, though. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-05-22 10:59 |
| #18 Again, we should bus them to San Fran, LA, NYC, DC, and Seattle. There we drop them off at the Federal buildings. If they dont want to deal with them, the fed in those states can let them go. No big deal. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2010-05-22 10:54 |
| #17 Yes, a one-way bus ride to the Sanctuary City of Angels. |
| Posted by: Hammerhead 2010-05-22 10:07 |
| #16 This really makes me wonder how much longer we can hold together as a country. The battling ideals are like water and oil and aren't mixing. There is a war going on between the Feds and the States. The Feds, on the one hand, are over-reaching with regards to the centralization of power. States' rights are being completely ignored. The States are being saddled with mandates that are going to break their backs and they realize that. The States are being hamstrung with on-the-ground problems such as illegals and attendant crime and costs. They see the down-the-road problems with health care costs. The States are flexing their muscles and the current regime does not like it. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-05-22 10:03 |
| #15 Judge Napolitano is often called on to just state existing law and how it is, or is not, enforced. But this does not mean that he endorses it. He is a serious conservative, and even advocates a constitutional convention to correct what most of us see as overreaching federal power. Some of his books: "Lies the Government Told You: Myth, Power, and Deception in American History" "Constitutional Chaos: What Happens When the Government Breaks Its Own Laws" "A Nation of Sheep" "The Constitution in Exile: How the Federal Government Has Seized Power by Rewriting the Supreme Law of the Land" "Dred Scott's Revenge: A Legal History of Race and Freedom in America" |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-05-22 09:29 |
| #14 Thursday - don't know if they are related but Judge N is a solid conservative - check him out on Fox from time to time or I believe he has a Fox News Radio show - Brian and the Judge IIRC |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2010-05-22 09:12 |
| #13 Release them in DC |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2010-05-22 09:01 |
| #12 This really makes me wonder how much longer we can hold together as a country. The battling ideals are like water and oil and aren't mixing. Hopefully the new crop of congressmen from the 2010 prove they are willing to keep to the ideals the founding fathers set, or we are really screwed. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-05-22 08:34 |
| #11 Heh. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-05-22 08:26 |
| #10 Release them at the Mex border gate. Nah, give them a bus ticket to LA, who love them. This is a dereliction of duty. Hope the boys at ICE are keeping papers on who told them to do, or rather not to do, what. The little phrase is 'obstruction of justice' and as the AGs have shown, you can be maneuvered in a grand jury to impeach yourself qualifying for time in jail. Imagine in the 60s and 70s, federal marshals publicly refusing to carry out civil rights law. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-05-22 08:10 |
| #9 They will still be in violation of Arizona law as well as US law. Arizona probably cannot deport them, but it can provide them with an all expenses paid, 60 day stay at the Joe Arpaio State Park in Douglas. Release them at the Mex border gate. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-05-22 06:44 |
| #8 Ray Stevens has it about right. Link |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-05-22 06:23 |
| #7 So he means ICE and the Feds won't be doing the same solid, bang-up job like they were before? (sarc/off) |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2010-05-22 06:20 |
| #6 Disgusting |
| Posted by: Destro_in_Panama 2010-05-22 05:25 |
| #5 I remember reading recently that with ICE ignoring the issue in NYC, Rikers must let unprocessed illegals out after 48? hours. So this is not an isolated instance ... |
| Posted by: Adriane 2010-05-22 04:14 |
| #4 Look at the bright side. Arizona Law Enforcement can probably bus the buggers home at half the cost of the federal government and ICE. Yet another federal agency no longer needed. You there...grab your sack lunch, Pepsi and climb aboard bus #3 please. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-05-22 02:53 |
| #3 Aren't going to arrest them? Well I guess we better throw them back across the border. You know, the place where Desert meets desert for 100 miles. Don't worry, we'll give them a bottle of Gatorade! |
| Posted by: Charles 2010-05-22 02:15 |
| #2 Any relation to Janet? |
| Posted by: GirlThursday 2010-05-22 00:51 |
| #1 This is a god damned outrage. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2010-05-22 00:47 |