Monday, August 23, 2010

Arizona vs. Actual Law, Part 5

The Obama Administration has blocked the effectiveness of Arizona's new immigration enforcement law, claiming that the state is interfering with Federal immigration law enforcement. In "selling" its law suit blocking the law, the Administration also pledged increased Federal oversight:
The National Guard troops assigned to the Arizona border will begin to arrive Aug. 1, and the federal government is sending other reinforcements to stem the flow of illegal immigrants and narcotics entering the state, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said.
That was then. This is now:
In an exclusive interview with Fox 11 News on the south lawn of the White House, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says it will still be weeks before National Guard troops are on the U.S.-Mexico border--troops the White House said would be there ten days ago.
Now I get it--the same Cabinet official who insisted "the system worked" after the failed Christmas bombing thinks it's unconstitutional for states to act in the face of bureaucratic delays in Federal assistance.

(via Doug Powers at Michelle Malkin)

2 comments:

A_Nonny_Mouse said...

Let's "we-the-People" start getting efficient about this:

I vote we impeach *ALL* of Washington DC.

(Well, maybe we could leave the cab drivers out of our "blanket impeachment", but dammit let's hit EVERYBODY ELSE including all the czars and appointees, the cabinet members, the Civil Service employees, and ABOVE ALL, every freakin' Representative, every freakin' Senator, the President, the VP, and all their staff members and advisers, too.)

(Hey, my word verif is "brati" -- personally, I think this whole Administration is "bratty". A Meaningful Coincidence? )

OBloodyHell said...

ANM:


I'd be satisfied with a flat-out recall.

What's actually missing in the ballot is "None of the above".

If no one gets a majority, all a excluded from running for ANY office for not less than 12 months, and a clean slate is put up at the ballot box.

If that means the various legislative bodies often wind up short of a legal and necessary quorum, and thus can't pass any new laws, regulations, etc....

W-w-well DANG!

> Now I get it--the same Cabinet official who insisted "the system worked" after the failed Christmas bombing thinks it's unconstitutional for states to act in the face of bureaucratic delays in Federal assistance.

You're assuming this "accidental delay" isn't intentional. This is hardly the first time this (or even, granted, other) admin has stalled on any action it didn't really want to do.