{"id":635,"date":"2011-10-03T16:04:51","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T20:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=635"},"modified":"2015-08-21T09:55:25","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T13:55:25","slug":"the-ear-%e2%80%93-immigration-newsviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2011\/10\/03\/the-ear-%e2%80%93-immigration-newsviews\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ear \u2013 Immigration NewsViews"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alabama\u2019s state motto is, \u201c<\/strong>Audemus jura nostra defendere” – We Dare Defend Our Rights. \u00a0Indeed they did just that when the court allowed Alabama\u2019s Immigration Enforcement<\/strong> bill to finally proceed. It\u2019s hard to overstate the importance of Judge Blackburn\u2019s decision; it will accelerate the pace of state action, <\/strong>and at the same time, result in more harassment from the Obama Administration, two diametrically opposing forces now in motion. The Alabama decision removes many legal obstacles that have kept other states idling at the starting gate and has put the Department of Justice (DOJ) into high gear trying to determine how they will stop further state action. A Constitutional Showdown<\/strong> is occurring between the president who is bypassing Congress using immigration policy as a political instrument, and states that regard it as law that should be enforced\u2026.Best Alabama-Related Quote of the Week<\/strong> came from Lamar Smith (R-TX). Commenting on the obvious political motivations behind the Obama Administration\u2019s assault on state enforcement bills, Smith said \u201cthe DOJ is not part of the Democratic National Committee.\u201d\u2026. the News Media\u2019s Hostile Reaction to Alabama<\/strong> is d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu. Alabama\u2019s law, like Arizona\u2019s law last year, is being described as the \u201cPapers Please Law.\u201d The Ear would observe that the \u201cpapers\u201d required by police officers during a lawful traffic stop are a drivers license, a vehicle registration and a proof of insurance, meaning nothing has changed except if a driver has none of those. After that, yes a driver might <\/em>need to provide further documentation proving he\/she is residing legally in the U.S. Not speaking English and having 15 other people crammed into a van \u2013 none of whom have documentation either \u2013 is envisioned as \u201creasonable suspicion\u201d by most reasonable folks\u2026. Meanwhile, the Associated Press was quick to run an irresponsible story headlined \u201cHispanic Students Vanish from Alabama Schools,<\/strong> suggesting that the new law is creating panic.\u00a0 Here again, the Ear would like to impart some common sense.\u00a0 Special interest groups whipping up hysteria by encouraging parents to keep their kids at home are doing nothing less than denying children an education which the Supreme Court mandates and which the Alabama law upholds.\u00a0 Alabama\u2019s law requires schools to track immigration status, not deny public education\u2026. Why would Rhode Island Do That? <\/strong>Approve in-state tuition for illegal aliens, that is.\u00a0 R.I. Governor Chafee has an answer, \u201cto improve the intellectual and cultural life of (R.I.) while strengthening our work force and economy.\u201d\u00a0 Nice move governor.\u00a0 State taxpayers already<\/em> shell out almost $300 million a year subsidizing illegal immigration and now the state just created a massive new incentive for more illegal aliens to flood there\u2026. Heard this week in Washington, D.C.,<\/strong> Pinal County, Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu aptly summed up the Obama administration\u2019s new priorities for detaining and deporting only<\/em> violent criminal aliens saying, \u201cimagine if you called your local police department to report a crime and they responded by saying \u2018today we\u2019re only responding to bank robberies, please call back later.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alabama\u2019s state motto is, \u201cAudemus jura nostra defendere” – We Dare Defend Our Rights. \u00a0Indeed they did just that when the court allowed Alabama\u2019s Immigration Enforcement bill to finally proceed. It\u2019s hard to overstate the importance of Judge Blackburn\u2019s decision; it will accelerate the pace of state action, and at the same time, result in<\/p>\n

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