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Originally Posted by theking
I repeat...he cannot deport anyone. He can (or could...before the feds suspended his authority to do so...so I don't know if he still can) through the 287(g) program turn over to the feds those illegal immigrants that have been arrested/convicted of a crime (other than simply being an illegal immigrant) to the feds for deportation.
The new Arizona law would not have allowed Arizona to deport anyone for simply being an illegal immigrant...the law simply made it a state law...vs a federal law...to be an illegal immigrant and would have given the state the power to arrest/convict and hold the illegal in jail...but not to deport...as only the feds have the power to deport.
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Ok, I get what you are saying, but as of yet, I do not know the fine line he has to work within and as I mentioned in my other post, he turns them over to the border patrol as he has in the past and they deal with sending them home. I will see what I can find out about this.
What ever Joe is doing today is working because the feds have not jumped in to stop any of his usual raids. Sending them to tent city or the SB1070 section that was just set up may be the new plan to get around the feds...putting them in jail.
On another note, the AZ law mirrors California and Federal law which the feds have refused to enforce, but I have a feeling when other states jump on board a file suits against the federal government, things will change.