Fox News: States face uphill climb on immigration enforcement after court ruling, DHS policy change

[Patricia M. McBride]

No immigration laws will be enforced for the rest of this lunatics term, so let's hope we get rid of him, because he just took full advantage of the finding of the supreme court to stop cooperating with states and partnering with them on immigration.  This is a sad day, and it will mean more people killed along the border  (which Obama could care less about) , more people crawling over the border to invade our country, and this funAmerican piece of poop in the white house will allow it rather than protect our citizens.  Well, now that you know what a swell guy (not) I think Obama is, what's your opinion?

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Published June 25, 2012

States seeking to take immigration enforcement into their own hands are facing an uphill climb, after the Supreme Court reined in Arizona's disputed law and the Obama administration followed by rescinding a key partnership allowing local police to enforce federal immigration rules.

The day's decisions further weakened efforts by Arizona, and potentially other states, to take on immigration enforcement themselves.

The high court decision Monday struck down three provisions in Arizona's law, including one that allowed local police to arrest anybody they suspect committed a deportable offense. The ruling left in place, though, a central plank that required local law enforcement during routine stops to check the immigration status of anyone they suspect is in the country illegally -- a provision Democrats claim could lead to "racial profiling," though Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer denies it.

The Obama administration quickly moved to deflate the remaining provision.

By Monday afternoon, the Department of Homeland Security had pulled back on a program known as 287(g), which allows the feds to deputize local officials to make immigration-based arrests. According to a DHS official, the administration has determined those agreements are "not useful" now in states that have Arizona-style laws. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has since rescinded that agreement with Arizona -- with the state itself, and three local law enforcement agencies.

The move means that even if local police step up immigration checks, they'll have to rely on federal officials to make the arrests.

And federal officials made clear that ICE would be selective in responding to the expected rise in calls from Arizona and other police agencies about immigration status. Officials said ICE will not respond to the scene unless the person in question meets certain criteria -- such as being wanted for a felony.

Even as Brewer sounded an optimistic note Monday, all these factors led some GOP officials to question the future of state-led efforts to tackle illegal immigration.

"We've lost the ability for states to take problems that they themselves are facing and do something about it," said Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, who represents one of several states that implemented their own Arizona-style law.

Lee told Fox News that the Supreme Court decision means states "have to be careful not to run afoul" of the court's ruling. "It means it'll be more difficult for states to set their own penalties on conduct that's already against the law federally," he said. "The state governments have lost something today."

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