Now She's Done It!

How dare someone defy the Obamessiah!!!

Justice Department Files Suit Against Arizona Immigration Law

Published July 06, 2010
FoxNews.com

Accusing Arizona of trying to "second guess" the federal government, the Justice Department on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the state's immigration policy -- claiming the "invalid" law interferes with federal immigration responsibilities and "must be struck down."

In the suit, which names the state of Arizona as well as Gov. Jan Brewer as defendants, the Justice Department claims the federal government has "preeminent authority" on immigration enforcement and that the Arizona law "disrupts" that balance. It urges the U.S. District Court in Arizona to "preliminarily and permanently" prohibit the state from enforcing the law, which is scheduled to go into effect at the end of the month.

"The United States Constitution forbids Arizona from supplanting the federal government's immigration regime with its own state-specific immigration policy," the suit says. "A policy that, in purpose and effect, interferes with the numerous interests the federal government must balance." (Which interests are they? The need to appease the drug cartels or the unions' desire to grab every illegal that crosses the border, give them a job and turn them into a card-carrying Socialist??)

Click here to read the lawsuit.