It seems quite ironic that Pres. Obama has instructed his Attorney General, Eric Holder, to challenge the newly passed Arizona legislation, S.B. 1070, since the premise of the law is to uphold federal law.
Such a challenge might be personal, as last month the First Lady, Michelle Obama, commented on a national television programme that Barak’s home country was Kenya, while this statement might be taken out of context, there are many doubts as to where the 44th President of the United States was actually born. If born in Kenya on 4 Aug. 1961 (two years prior to Kenyan independence from Great Britain), this would explain several occurrences, first, using the reasoning that Obama is a British subject, this means his bow to Queen Elizabeth II on 1 April 2009 was very appropriate and second, this would also explain the lack of a Hawaiian birth certificate (not to mention why the Democrats in the Hawaii legislature passed a bill on 28 April 2010 to ignore requests for Obama’s birth certificate).Mr. Holder will have a difficult time over coming 8 U.S.C. § 1373(c), which requires Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to respond to inquiries by federal, state, or local government agencies seeking to verify or ascertain the citizenship or immigration status of any individual within the jurisdiction of the agency for any purpose authorized by law, by providing the requested verification or status information.
The newly passed Arizona law presumes that individuals are legally in the United States if they possess any one of a long list of official documents, which includes an Arizona driver’s licence, valid federal, state or local government issued identification, or a tribal identification to name a few. Individuals who fail to provide such documentation when asked are not only in violation of S.B. 1070, but also federal law, which specifies that in addition to any violation of federal law, a person is guilty of wilful failure to complete or carry an alien registration document if the person is in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1304(e) or 1306(a).
Any challenge to the Arizona legislation will have to consider federal statute, the US Constitution, and the failure of the federal government to control the boarder. Arizona has reason to pass land mark legislation, as the drug lords of the board have caused a massive rise in violent murders, along with illegal immigration, comes drug trafficking, human trafficking, arms smuggling, utilizing tax payer services without contributing to the scheme, and an abundance of crimes from petty theft to first degree murder which has left state prisons overcrowding.
Immigration needs to be addressed by the federal government: first, there needs to be real board security and secondly, the huddle to be overcome for a visa needs to be lowered. Strict visa requires only serves to encourage illegal immigration, as people from near and afar will risk life and limb to just have an opportunity to come to the United States. Tracking who enters and leaves is far better than pretending the current system of strict visa requirements is working. The Arizona law is a good step in the right direction towards enforcing current laws and encouraging Congress to actually address the southern border.