Immigration Law Court Battle

Buckle up folks, its going to be a bumpy ride. The federal government has officially sued Arizona over its new immigration law, proving that if all else fails the powers that be in Washington will always play the pre-emption, or "my law is bigger than your law", game. Skirting around the real issue at play, strict immigration laws that may violate civil rights, and citing that federal law trumps state law federal lawyers are hoping for an open and shut case. But it just may not play out quite as slick as they are hoping. Under close scrutiny the new Arizona immigration law is attempting to prohibit conduct already considered illegal under federal law. And isn't that the key word, illegal. Since pre-emption is used to remove laws that are contrary to federal law they may have a tough time selling to any judge that the Arizona law, which mirrors federal immigration law nearly verbatim, is undermining any federal immigration laws. Lost in all this is that the words "immigrant" and "illegal" are not one and the same. This country was built up by immigrants who chose to become American citizens through legal channels. America wasn't anti-immigrant then and it isn't anti-immigrant now.