U.S. Department of Justice to prosecute Arizona immigration law unconstitutional
LOS ANGELES July 6 (Xinhua Wang Jun at the big waves) on the 6th to the U.S. Department of Justice in the capital of Phoenix, Arizona, United States district court, alleging that the state passed tough new immigration laws violate the U.S. Constitution, which opened a federal government with the state government in the fight against illegal immigration on the prelude to battle.
U.S. Justice Department said in the suit, according to the U.S. Constitution and numerous laws passed by Congress, the federal government in dealing with immigration issues, Gao Yu states enjoy the power, which is in the national law enforcement agencies, foreign relations and humanitarian considered the balance of interests to the results, while Arizona is violating federal immigration laws, this power to authorize local police in the implementation of the law during the course of other suspected illegal immigrants were interrogated and arrested. Ministry of Justice hopes the district court injunction, which requested the suspension in Arizona will be the law in force on the 29th, and finally the decision to repeal the law. U.S. District Court trial is scheduled on the 22nd of this case.
According to Arizona Governor Jane Brewer on April 23 signed the law, without legal status of foreigners entering the United States is an offense, local police have the right to inspection or other enforcement of traffic during the process, on suspected illegal immigrants to cross-examine the parties, examine their identity documents, offenders will be arrested and transferred to the parties concerned, and will be sentenced to Feng. Although federal law already defines illegal immigrants, but the U.S. states of Arizona is the first to address this and propose measures to define the state. Brewer claims that she signed the purpose of this Act is the federal government in the fight against illegal immigration did not take effective measures in response.
Brewer signed the law in the same day that U.S. President Barack Obama made his harsh criticism that it has a misleading effect. Months, public opinion has been expected the federal government will react.
for the Justice Department regarding the prosecution of the law unconstitutional, Brewer's spokesman called it a "bad" decision. Including Republican Senator John McCain in the state, including two senators and three Democratic congressmen also criticized the federal government's decision.
