States Join Legal Brief Backing Arizona 1070

The case is United States of America v. State of Arizona, 2:10-cv-01413, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona (Phoenix). The suit was filed on July 6, 2010. The United States has filed an injunction against Arizona whose law comes into effect on July 29.

Francis Beckwith in an email said: Given what we know about President Obama’s understanding of what constitutes a just regime, there is little doubt that Arizona would have fared much better with his justice department if it were a Guantanamo Bay abortion clinic guarded by Black Panthers who had been arrested by a Cambridge police officer."

Yesterday nine States plus the territory of the Mariana Islands joined in the Brief supporting Arizona 1070.

Pennsylvania
"We believe the lawsuit filed by the federal government in this case undermines the constitutional authority of all our states," said Nils Hagen-Frederiksen, spokesman for Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett, who is also the Republican gubernatorial nominee.

Florida
McCollum announced in Orlando that the state has joined a legal brief in federal court stating its support of Arizona's right to "concurrent enforcement" of immigration law, saying that states have the power to intervene on immigration matters.

Michigan
Attorney general, Mike Cox said, Michigan and every other state have the authority to enforce immigration laws, and it is appalling to see President Obama use taxpayer dollars to stop a state's efforts to protect its own borders."

Virginia
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli said, “In creating immigration laws over the years, Congress created a joint federal-state cooperative immigration enforcement program. States merely report the immigration status of persons they have lawfully detained to the federal government. They do not make determinations regarding deportation, as that is a federal matter. While much of border enforcement is left to the federal government, federal law expressly allows states to arrest people who are not legally present in the United States. Arizona's law doesn't change any of this. That's why we are stunned that the government has sued Arizona."

Other States:

Alabama
Nebraska
South Carolina
South Dakota
Texas