ICE Director Declares Agency May Not Cooperate with Arizona

An interesting post from www.fairus.org about ICE's lack of cooperation with state enforcement.This follows this post about Muslim Visa holders and this post about the MURDER of ROBERT KRENTZ, who the protestors and boycotters won't give a solution for, but will call Americans racist for trying to prevent another MURDER, and this post which shows that there are 30,000 openly illegal immigrants in the border town of El Paso across from the recent Juarez shooting. For more interesting stories like this click here to follow this blog.


ICE Director Declares Agency May Not Cooperate with Arizona
In an interview with the Chicago Tribune last week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton announced that his agency may not process illegal aliens transferred to them by Arizona officials. (Chicago Tribune, May 19, 2010). Morton – the individual charged with the interior enforcement of U.S. immigration laws – criticized Arizona’s new immigration law and said “[t]he best way to reduce illegal immigration is through a comprehensive federal approach, not a patchwork of state laws.” (Id.).
These comments, made by one of the nation’s top Homeland Security officials, set off a firestorm in Washington. In an interview on Fox News, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) charged Homeland Security with doing no more than “nullifying” Arizona’s immigration law before the case ever reached a judge. (Fox News, May 21, 2010). “The only thing you can conclude is that they do not want the legal system to actually work,” Sessions said. When asked whether Morton should keep his job as the Director of ICE, Senator Sessions replied: “If [Morton] cannot enforce the law, he should not have the job.” (Id.).