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Federal Appellate Judge Skeptical of Federal Suit Against Arizona's Immigration Enforcement Law
Monday, November 1, 2010, 5:03 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Federal appellate judge John T. Noonan Jr. interrogated federal prosecutors today in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and questioned the government's claim and the district court ruling that parts of Arizona's immigration enforcement law preempted federal law.
"I've read your brief, I've read the District Court opinion, I've heard your interchange with my two colleagues, and I don't understand your argument," judge Noonan said during today's arguments. "We are dependent as a court on counsel being responsive. . . . You keep saying the problem is that a state officer is told to do something. That's not a matter of preemption. . . . I would think the proper thing to do is to concede that this is a point where you don't have an argument."
In July, a federal district judge in Arizona suspended several key parts of Arizona's immigration enforcement law, including the section that required local police officers to check the immigration status of an individual that they have arrested and suspect are in the country illegally. The state of Arizona is appealing the district judge's ruling.
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has vowed to take the case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to ensure that all parts of the law created by the passage of SB1070 go into effect.
A three-judge panel from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will rule on Arizona's appeal. Judge Noonan's statements from today indicate that he may be leaning toward overturning the lower court's ruling, but the other two judges offered no indication of which way they are leaning.
Finally, we turned to NumbersUSA, an Arlington-Va.-based nonprofit group that opposes illegal immigration and advocates for limits on legal immigration, because it tracks what the presidential candidates say about immigration. The group’s president, Roy Beck, told us that Romney has expressed support for enacting "attrition by enforcement" policies on a national level such as requiring that businesses use E-Verify. Beck said Romney has not said specific provisions of SB 1070 should be taken as a model for federal immigration laws.
Day laborers, mostly illegal immigrants from Mexico, also had proliferated in other areas of metropolitan Phoenix, including Guadalupe, west Phoenix and Fountain Hills.
But drive by any of those locations now, and only a handful of day laborers are left. And no longer do they rush up to vehicles en masse, waving their hands in a desperate bid to get hired. Now, they are more likely to keep a lower profile, leaning against a tree or sitting on a milk crate.
There are several reasons for the change. Arizona's slumping economy has dried up the demand for day laborers, who typically are hired for yard cleaning, moving, tree cutting, construction and other jobs. Many have left Arizona to look for work in other states, or they have given up and returned to Mexico.
Missouri sheriffs are giving their support to law officers in states along the Mexican border seeking to enforce immigration laws.
The Missouri Sheriffs' Association this week approved a resolution backing states that have approved their own legislation on immigration enforcement. The resolution specifically mentions Arizona, where part of a new law on the subject has been blocked by a federal judge.
The Missouri sheriffs group said Wednesday the resolution was approved by more than 100 members at its annual meeting, with no votes in opposition.
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