While I took note of this story going on, I explcitly read in detail only one news article about it, this one:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10800906
And it gave me the strong impression that the judge did not block the law over principle concerns about it'S aim and content, but it'S partial incompatability with guaranteed rights by the constitution:
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Requiring Arizona law enforcement officials and agencies to determine the immigration status of every person who is arrested burdens lawfully present aliens because their liberty will be restricted while their status is checked," she added.
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That of course can be read two ways. Does the higher interest justify a possibly only minor nuisance for the few and the one? The principle question is whether or not checking somebody's identity is an unacceptable burden to him, limiting his freedom, or not. If you say it is, then any law enforcement can be argued to be breaching the freedom of suspects in case these supects prove to be innocent.
However, the whole debate suffers from one major proboemn, that the racism card was beinbg played. Once you compßlain about anything you do not like beign a racist attack on you, all further disucssion and thinking about it has already been successfully temrinated and shut down. In today' politically most correct times, "racism!" is like yelling "sharks!" at the beach. The reaction already is predetemined and forseeable, and reason is the first victim anyway. even if the shadow labelled shark proves to be just a swarm of herrings or a bluefish, and the accusation of racism lacks any basis.
However, this part I cannot understand, to me it lacks any reason:
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The judge also agreed with an argument by the administration of President Barack Obama that "the federal government has long rejected a system by which aliens' papers are routinely demanded and checked".
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It should not a court's only basis of decision to follow somebody else's "habits".
If aliens no longer need to be able t prove they are legally present, then de facto you abolish the distinction between legal and illegal aliens. Which might me the intention beyond refusing to check alien's legal status.
However, it is a deeply FUBAR situatio, it seems. Well, england is pressed into appeasement by it's huge Pakistani subcultre, Germany allows to get blackmailed by the Turkish ministry of religion, and America has it'S border and migration issues with - failed? - state of Mexico.Failed state becasue when a goivernment needs to fight a civil war against national organised crime and in certain regions seems to have lost this war, then this is anything but a
non-failed state, is it. And if the battle against crime causes the loss of a five digit number of lives, then this is more a civil war than it is a solid state order. I think the US should consider to massively intervene in intel and special operations in Mexico and try to kill as many members and leaders of organised crime as possible. That is less a violation of another anarchy's sovereignity, but a case of own self-defence. And the good news is: doing so would not effect america's supply with oil. :)