Decisions, Decisions

"Arizona bears the brunt of the country's illegal immigration problem. Its citizens feel themselves under siege by large numbers of illegal immigrants who invade their property, strain their social services, and even place their lives in jeopardy. Federal officials have been unable to remedy the problem,and indeed have recently shown that they are unwilling to do so. Thousands of Arizona's estimated four hundred thousand illegal immigrants—including not just children but men and women under thirty —are now assured immunity from en­forcement, and will be able to compete openly with Ari­zona citizens for employment." These were the words Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia used to criticize President Barack Obama's announcement earlier this month that he would stay the deportation of young illegal immigrants and suggested that the federal government does not want to enforce its immigration laws.
Maybe that's why the Supreme Court let stand the part of Arizona's draconian enforcement measures allows police officers to ask about immigration status during stops. Most of the rest of the legislation was found to be unconstitutional, but the most dubious portion of the law is set to go into effect immediately. Is it any coincidence that Arizona is also a hotbed of birthers? Justice Antonin Scalia, but the way, is a natural born American, even though his father wasn't. Kind of like Mitt "Missionary" Romney.
Hey kids, last time I checked, unless you're a full-blood Cherokee or Miwok, you're probably part of the huddled masses yearning to breathe free. To paraphrase Mister Springsteen, "the ones whose hands that built the country we're always trying to keep out." Incidentally, the Boss was also Born in the U.S.A., if New Jersey was a state way back in 1949.