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Daniel B. Wood
The Christian Science Monitor
The city council of Fremont, Nebraska (pop. 25,000), is expected to decide Tuesday whether to delay enforcement of a new illegal immigration law because of legal challenges by civil rights groups. The ordinance, which would prohibit businesses from hiring and landlords from renting to illegal immigrants, was approved by voters June 21 and is scheduled to go into effect on Thursday.
Immigration experts say the case could be a useful barometer of public sentiment and could provide indications of the mood of courts in the wake of scores of such laws being introduced in several states after Arizona’s tough immigration law passed in April. That law, pending a federal injunction, is also due to take effect Thursday. Continue reading Nebraska town: Is illegal immigration crackdown worth the cost?
Tim Gaynor
Reuters
judge on Wednesday blocked key parts of Arizona’s tough new immigration law hours before it was to take effect, handing a victory to the Obama administration as it tries to take control over the issue.
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer said she would file an appeal to reinstate the provisions, which had popular support but were opposed [...]
Washington Post
Letters to the Editor
Doris Meissner and James W. Ziglar’s July 22 op-ed piece, “Why the U.S. had to challenge Arizona on immigration,” misstated the facts about Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. That section of law establishes a mechanism for formal cooperation between the Department of Homeland Security and state and [...]
Chris Chmielenski
Numbers USA
Federal Judge Susan Bolton ordered an injunction today of Arizona’s immigration enforcement law, formerly known as SB1070, just hours before it’s scheduled to take effect. Supporters of immigration enforcement are angry and frustrated over the ruling, but there is hope in the halls of Congress – of all places. If [...]
In my estimation, if the Arizona anti illegal immigration law is preempted by federal law, then isn’t every state law written against drugs also preempted by federal statutes? Doesn’t this mean that every person convicted of pot possession via state laws have reason to appeal?
The judge played politics with the lives and safety of not [...]
American Patrol Report
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Alia Beard Rau
The Arizona Republic
The U.S. attorney for Arizona doesn’t like the state’s new immigration law, and in fact, is part of the Department of Justice lawsuit challenging its legality. Dennis Burke says border enforcement is the better way to fight illegal immigration.
But while Burke’s office won’t play a role in the criminal prosecution of Senate [...]
Michael O’Brien
The Hill
House Democrats aren’t planning to use a lame-duck session of Congress after the elections to move major legislation, a Democratic leader said Tuesday.
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), the assistant to the Speaker who also heads up House Democrats’ campaign committee, said Democrats aren’t interested in pushing through major bills during the period between the elections and when new lawmakers are sworn into office in early January.
“[N]o one should think there’s some secret plan for after the election on big issues,” Van Hollen said during an appearance on MSNBC. “There’s no secret or overt plan to do something like that.” Continue reading Dem leader: No ‘secret plan’ to move big items in lame-duck session
Patrick J. Buchanan
VDARE
Public confidence in Congress has plummeted to the lowest level of any institution since Gallup began asking the question in 1973. One-half of all Americans have little or no confidence in the Congress.
Only 11 percent have a “great deal” or “a lot of” confidence in what is, given its place [...]
Karen Mracek and Thomas Beaumont, Des Moines Register
USA Today
Goldman Sachs sent $4.3 billion in federal tax money to 32 entities, including many overseas banks, hedge funds and pensions, according to information made public Friday night.
Goldman Sachs disclosed the list of companies to the Senate Finance Committee after a threat of subpoena from Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Ia.
Asked the significance of the list, Grassley said, “I hope it’s as simple as taxpayers deserve to know what happened to their money.”
He added, “We thought originally we were bailing out AIG. Then later on … we learned that the money flowed through AIG to a few big banks, and now we know that the money went from these few big banks to dozens of financial institutions all around the world.”
Grassley said he was reserving judgment on the appropriateness of U.S. taxpayer money ending up overseas until he learns more about the 32 entities. Continue reading Goldman reveals where bailout cash went
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