SB 1070 allows Arizona illegal immigrants to stay

Arizona has made a very bold stance on the immigration law SB 1070 which the government is trying to stop and also the public continues to have strong feeling about. According to CNN, reports the New York Daily News, 55 percent of Americans support the bill while CBS News and Rasmussen show that their numbers were 57 and 65 percent of support. With SB 1070, state officials are more capable of finding illegal immigrants, although they can’t send these immigrants out of the country. That power rests with the federal government, and Attorney General Eric Holder doesn’t appear to be within the frame of mind to sign those papers.

SB 1070 is useless

SB 1070 will empower local police across Arizona to enforce illegal immigration law if there is “reasonable suspicion,” but the federal government’s opposition means that it will not be deporting illegal immigrants. The Wall Street Journal wonders if Arizona is going to let this problem slide and put up illegal immigrants in jail or if they’ll forget about the whole thing through this. If illegal immigrants are detained, Arizona law enforcement can contact Immigration and Customs Enforcement to verify the person’s residency status. ICE’s decision on the person will probably mean an immigration judge can have to be involved. However, the federal government will not detain the individual. Hearings might take years to actually occur and make a decision.

ICE effected by SB 1070 as well

You will find about 460,000 illegal immigrants in Arizona as estimated by the Department of Homeland Security. SB 1070 could conceivably generate a massive influx of calls from Arizona law enforcement to ICE. Only the cooperation of the Justice Department will make this an efficient process; otherwise, gridlock will likely ensue for both Arizona and ICE.

SB 1070 just being considered is enough for Maricopa County

A federal-local partnership plan is what an Arizona county used to do this themselves. 26,146 illegal immigrants had their “deportations or forced departure” done by Maricopa County since 2007, reports the Associated Press. The 287 (g) program deputized a limited number of police force officers in Maricopa County to help enforce immigration laws.

Arizona allowed to enforce law with SB 1070

The 287 (g) could be found within the Immigration and Nationality Act which was created in 1995. Officers are designed to specifically try to find illegal immigrants with SB 1070, much like section 287 (g). This would possibly address the concerns of critics who claim the old 287 (g) provision was poorly supervised by Homeland Security and provided insufficient training. In addition, it is numerous believe SB 1070 will prohibit state and local government officials from preventing the enforcement of immigration law, a noted problem that has contributed to past inefficiency of the program. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio told ABC that “If they want to block my jail, I’ll put them in jail.”

What taxpayers get out of this

Costs for federal immigration programs has gone from $ 5 million to $ 68 million in just the four years between 2006 and 1010. Numerous believe tax dollars will be better spent with en effective enforcement of laws instead of helping out immigrants.

More on this topic

Associated Press

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New York Daily News

nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/07/28/2010-07-28_arizona_immigration_law_sb_1070_has_support_of_55_of_americans_new_poll_shows.html

Wall Street Journal

online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703292704575393690850825662.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEForthNews

Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_Section_287%28g%29

Expansion of federal fingerprinting program for illegal immigrants

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