In a move designed to pander to a possible Democrat Hispanic voting base,  The United States Department of Justice, under the leadership of  President Barack Hussein Obama (mm mmm mmmm) and Attorney General Eric Holder, filed a lawsuit on yesterday against the state of  Arizona designed to throw out the state’s immigration law and keep other states from getting tough on illegal immigration.

According to the DOJ, the law, due to take effect July 29, interferes with the federal government’s “pre-eminent authority” under the Constitution to regulate immigration.

Translation:  How dare you do the job that we are neglecting.

The ill-advised filing sets the stage for a titanic grudge match, played out in federal court, over Arizona’s right to protect its’ citizen.   At the same time, politicians in some other states have said that they want to pass tough illegal immigration laws as well.

The Justice Department previously declared that the Arizona law will “cause the detention and harassment of authorized visitors, immigrants and citizens who do not have or carry identification documents” while ignoring “humanitarian concerns” and harming diplomatic relations.

The Arizona law states that  police can question people about their immigration status if there’s reason to suspect they’re in the country illegally, and it makes it a state crime to be in the U.S. illegally. People may be only be questioned about their status if they’ve been stopped by police who are in the process of enforcing another law.

Republican Gov. Jan Brewer called the lawsuit “a terribly bad decision” and defended the law as “reasonable and constitutional.”

Arizona was forced to pass the measure after years of trying to deal with the crime of illegal immigration, including the wonderful perks it brings of drug trafficking, kidnappings and murders. Arizona is the biggest gateway into the U.S. for illegal immigration, and has been invaded by an estimated 460,000 illegal immigrants.

Other states have said they want to pass similar laws to Arizona, so the  government is using that threat to their policy of neglect as another reason for bringing the lawsuit.

According to the lawsuit:

The Constitution and the federal immigration laws do not permit the development of a patchwork of state and local immigration policies throughout the country.

The DOJ’s case hinges on the  assertion that the Arizona law pre-empts federal laws. The lawsuit says that federal laws already on the books cover illegal immigration and that those statutes take precedent. 

They would, if they were enforced.  Say, here’s an idea, Scooter.  Why don’t you file lawsuits against those who are really defying Federal Law:  the Sactuary Cities?

The lawsuit reads:

In our constitutional system, the federal government has pre-eminent authority to regulate immigration matters.  This authority derives from the United States Constitution and numerous acts of Congress. The nation’s immigration laws reflect a careful and considered balance of national law enforcement, foreign relations, and humanitarian interests.

The lawsuit also claims that the Arizona law will impose a huge burden on U.S. agencies in charge of enforcing immigration laws, “diverting resources and attention from the dangerous aliens who the federal government targets as its top enforcement priority.”

Now the case has to be assigned a judge.  That individual will decide whether or not to grant a preliminary injunction, in favor of the United States Government, to temporarily block the Arizona law from taking effect.

Gov. Jan Brewer believes  that her state’s law will survive the Obama administration lawsuit as well as pending suits that were previously filed by private groups and individuals.

Per Governor Brewer:

As a direct result of failed and inconsistent federal enforcement, Arizona is under attack from violent Mexican drug and immigrant smuggling cartels. Now, Arizona is under attack in federal court from President Obama and his Department of Justice.  Today’s filing is nothing more than a massive waste of taxpayer funds.

That seems to be the modus operandi of this administration, Governor.

Arizona State Sen. Russell Pearce, who spearheaded the bill co-sponsored by dozens of fellow Republican legislators, condemned the lawsuit as “absolute insult to the rule of law” as well as to Arizona and its residents.

The lawsuit will have repercussions beyond Arizona as the courts render judgement on the balance of power between the states and the federal government and politicians try to deal with the hot button issue of illegal immigration in a crucial election year.

Fearing for their political lives, three Democratic members of Congress in Arizona pleaded with the Obama administration not to bring the suit in a year when they face tough re-election battles. On the Republican side, Sen. John McCain is being raked over the coals for his earlier promotion of comprehensive immigration reform by challenger J.D. Hayworth, which McCain has since given up in favor of a message to “complete the danged fence.”

The Mexican government applauded the move, saying the law “affects the civil and human rights of thousands of Mexicans.”

As opposed to American Citizens.

What civil and human rights?  The right to enter our sovereign nation illegally? 

To wrap up today’s blog, I refer you back to a rant from my post Illegality, Not Civil Rights.  This is an answer to a comment by a young man named Benito, who claimed to be a member of a pro-ilegal immigration group, perhaps here illegally himself:

What makes the current influx of illegal immigrants exempt from the rules and regulations that every other generation of immigrants to this country had to abide by in order to become legal citizens of the greatest nation in the world? By being here illegally, they are not entitled to the same rights as natural-born or naturalized American citizens. They are like someone who breaks into someone’s home, does their dishes, cuts their yard, cleans their house, and then helps themselves to their food and drives their car without asking.  This is in no way a human rights issue. Freedom is God-given. And with freedom comes responsibility. With citizenship comes responsibility, like paying taxes and making your own way.

Once again, the man who is supposed to be America’s president seems to be concerned with the well-being of everyone but Americans.  Regardless of the outcome in the federal courts, the president will pay a heavy price, politically, for ignoring the will of the American people.

May God protect and preserve our country.

Sources:  yahoo.com, drudgereport.com