Originally Posted by theking

The Arizona law does more than reinforce it...if the law is approved by the Supreme Court...which I do not think that it will be when it gets to them in a year or so...the Arizona law makes an illegal immigrant subject to a state law and they can be arrested/convicted and put in jail...simply for being an illegal immigrant.

The Arizona law does not provide the state with the power to deport (as only the federal government can deport but the federal government cannot arrest/convict and incarcerate someone simply for being an illegal immigrant...the federal government can temporarily incarcerate only for the purpose of deportation)...it only gives the state the power to arrest/convict and incarcerate.

If the law is not found to be constitutional by the Supreme Court...that would not be politics as usual but the Supreme Court doing its job.