Title 8 Section 1304

I have to admit that I am quite surprised by how many of my friends did not know that the new immigration law in Arizona is based on a Federal law that has been on the books for decades! Please note these friends vary in their politics & backgrounds. So kudos to the media for doing such a great job misinforming us & putting out your own views...but NOT the facts!

The Governor of Arizona simply made a state law to address a federal law that our federal govt is not enforcing. That reads they are NOT doing their job. It is THEIR job to uphold the laws of the land. Now in all fairness this current administration is no more or less guilty of enforcing this law then the last or the ones before W's. What this administration is grossly guilty of is spreading misinformation on this law. Please feel free to use the links below & your own resources...but it mentions the AG's responsibilities. So why is Eric calling SB 1070 unconstitutional & saying he will go after it when SB 1070 references 1304...(once he got around to reading the Federal law he has pulled back & become somewhat quiet on the subject)? Why is our President making jokes about it & scaring people away from going out to buy Ice cream? Do Barry & Eric not realize that there are impressionable young people out there that might be hearing & seeing what they are saying on their PDA & Media devices without researching & questioning the facts? Do they just think we are idiots? Maybe...just maybe they should get the facts straight before they start pontificating.

If anything Eric & Barry are guilty of not upholding the laws of the land & spreading misinformation to the public. If they are so against what the state of Arizona is doing then they need to go after the Federal law that is in place...not the state law which is based & references the existing Federal law.

Now that you have the facts straight...if you are in favor of the law you are not an ignorant, prejudice right wing tea-bagging Neo-Nazi(at least not for being against the law). On the other hand if you are against Arizona passing the law as a state law then please note that you have been misinformed & should stop putting blind faith in the media or our elected officials. Please note that there is a comment section...feel free to share your thoughts. I am not a lawyer. So if there are major differences between these two laws that make the one in Arizona unconstitutional or infringes more on peoples rights then the Federal law please feel free to share the information with me. It is my understanding that that is not the case here.

For the record, I am all for the AZ state law & for the federal governments responsibilities to enforce the law at the federal level . I am also against racial profiling & prejudice in any shape or form. I have travelled around the world & met good people of every race, creed, religion & sex. I have also met absolute smucks from every group there is...including my own...


http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/8/1304.html


www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/sb1070s.pdf