Saturday, July 10, 2010

Arizona immigration law unlikely to survive federal lawsuit

Many experts say the federal government is the only one that can regulate immigration, as a constitutional authority. - - Donna Poisl

Legal experts cite the longstanding principle that the federal government has exclusive control over immigration.

By David G. Savage, Tribune Washington Bureau

Reporting from Washington — Arizona's law giving local police immigration enforcement powers is likely to be struck down, most legal experts predict, now that the Obama administration has gone to court asserting that it conflicts with federal law.

They cite the longstanding principle that the federal government has exclusive control over immigration and that "no state can add or take away" from the policy set in Washington.
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