Arizona's New Immigration Law

[joethiesmanfan]

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

Really, have you read the statutes? The vast majority of them are a re-enforcement of existing Arizona and Federal law.

Well what's gonna make this law enforced when the previous ones were not enforced?

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by joethiesmanfan

Well what's gonna make this law enforced when the previous ones were not enforced?

That's exactly the reason for the law, to enforce the immigration laws passed at a Federal level...by the State and Local law enforcement since the Feds refuse to come help. The immigration laws passed have been worthless without enforcement and follow-through. They even passed a law a few years ago to build a border fence but have not been funding the actual work.

The state has been pleading for help and been largely ignored, they need to take the situation into their own hands. Texas is doing the same thing soon.

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by joethiesmanfan

Well what's gonna make this law enforced when the previous ones were not enforced?

These statutes give a bigger "hammer" to the state of AZ to pursue legal action against cities/localities who think they can "do their own thing" with regards to enforcing existing immigration law.

Is it a silver bullet that will reduce the illegal immigrant numbers to zero in AZ, of course not. But it should help stem the influx of new illegal immigrants and possibly reduce existing numbers when they seek government services or break the law.