Reid's New Bill Would Stop City and State Immigration Enforcement

Posted by Rachel Pulaski on Monday, November 28, 2011
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Sen. Harry Reid
From washingtonexaminer.com -Democrats in Congress have proposed a new racial profiling ban that could thwart state and local laws on immigration enforcement, such as the controversial Arizona law currently tied up in federal court, by witholding federal funding for state and local law enforcement agencies engaged in "racial profiling" and empowering the Department of Justice (DOJ) to file lawsuits against state and local governments.  Sens. Harry Reid, D-Nev., and lead sponsor Ben Cardin, D-Md., are pushing the End Racial Profiling Act of 2011, which would, among other things, "withhold federal law enforcement funding if local and state governments failed to adopt effective policies that prohibit racial profiling" and "require the Attorney General to report on ongoing discriminatory profiling practices."  More News New Mexico
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Anonymous said...

Once more: I dare ANYONE to find any grant over immigration to the Congress or federal government in the Constitution for the United States.

The Facts: Immmigration was left to the States. See Article I, Section 9, Paragraph 1. "as any of the States now existing SHALL SEE FIT TO ADMIT.

Congress is granted the power to "make an uniform rule of naturalization" but that is NOT a power to make laws about naturalization and not the power to make laws about immigration. It was a power to assure that all persons that the STATES admitted would become citizens under the same process.

Congress was NOT granted the power to naturalize anyone. Reread the language of the grant. "make an uniform rule of naturalization" is not any where near "to naturalize". Everyone ever naturalized by the federal government is not Constitutionally a citizen.

Some may try to jump to the "necessary and proper" clause which is often read as a separate expansive power but those who read it in this manner are simply confused about the N&P clause. Too bad.

So Reid can do whatever he wants. The States, and We the People, are not bound by every law that Congress passes and the President signs. To be legitimate, laws must adhere to the restrictions of the Constitution.

November 29, 2011 at 9:13 AM

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