Opinion Forum

Supreme Court Partially Affirms Ninth Circuit Ruling on Arizona Immigration Laws

June 25th, 2012

By Dan Miller The Ninth Circuit had ruled that Arizona had improperly preempted Federal immigration law. (The Court will probably release its ObamaCare decision on Thursday.) I am The Master and will enforce or ignore whatever laws I wish.

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Tags: Arizona, crime, enforcement, federal, illegal immigration, Supreme Court
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Is President Obama’s Dream Order a Legal Nightmare?

June 19th, 2012

By Dan Miller The Executive Decision not to enforce Federal immigration laws in order to give President Obama a badly needed political boost may run afoul of the soon-to-be-released Supreme Court decision in the Arizona Immigration Law case. President Obama’s own Nightmare Dream Act

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Tags: Arizona, Congress, Constitution, Dream Act, Executive, illegal immigration
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U.S. Deports Mexican Criminals, Mexico Doesn’t Like It

October 20th, 2011

By Dan Miller It is reported here that The United States deported the largest amount of people in the last year in the nation’s history, immigration officials say. John Morton, the director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, says the agency deported nearly 400,000 individuals during the fiscal year 2011 that just ended in […]

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Tags: border, Calderon, children, deportation, illegal immigration, Mexico, violence
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Disturbing: The 9th Circuit AZ Immigration Law Decision

April 16th, 2011

By Dan Miller The concurring opinion — which quoted Humpty Dumpty — would disturb even Lewis Carroll. Much has already been written about the April 11 decision of a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirming Judge Susan Bolton’s decision denying a preliminary injunction and holding the Arizona immigration statutes unconstitutional on […]

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Tags: 9th Circuit, Arizona, Bea, Congress, illegal immigration, intent, Mexico
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Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor…Your Pirates?

January 12th, 2011

By Tom Carter The last part of Emma Lazarus’ famous poem to the Statue of Liberty rhapsodizes: “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, […]

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Tags: entitlements, illegal immigration, Lazarus, pirates, Somali, Statue of Liberty
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