25 Jun '12 20:48>
Originally posted by sh76It appears so. But isn't the Federal govt required to respond to AZ law enforcement's queries? Alito said as much in his opinion (pg 55-56 of the PDF):
Heh.
So they're essentially telling Arizona: Ha! You lost in Court! Now, drop dead.
In addition, Congress has mandated that neither the Federal Government nor any state or local government may “prohibit, or in any way restrict, any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, [the Federal Government] information regarding the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual.” §1373(a); see also §1644 (providing that “no State or local government entity may be prohibited,or in any way restricted, from sending to or receivingfrom [the Federal Government] information regarding the immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of an alien in the United States&rdquo😉. And while these provisions preserve the authority of state and local officers to seek immigration status information from the Federal Government, another federal statute, §1373(c), requires that the Federal Government respond to any such inquiries “by providing the requested verification or status information.”
Seems a little brazen to just blow them off.