U.S. Department of Justice Now Moves Against South Carolina's Immigration Law

By Douglas V. Gibbs

The federal government has sued Arizona, Alabama, and now is going after South Carolina. Why? For daring to pass laws designed to enforce federal laws that are currently on the books.

The federal government was created by the U.S. Constitution to protect the States. Now, with the statists of the democrat party in charge, they are going after the states.

Who would have ever thought that we would see the federal government suing states?

This is a clear sign of the hostility the collectivists of the democrat party feel against the sovereignty of the individual states.

The South Carolina law, which is scheduled to take effect the first of the year, requires police to check the immigration status of everyone they detain and to detain for a “reasonable” time those suspected of being in the U.S. illegally. The legislation also makes it a violation of state law for a foreigner to fail to carry his or her immigration papers and for anyone to transport or harbor illegal aliens.

In other words, it is designed to enforce federal law. . . federal law that the federal government illegally refuses to enforce.

Immigration is a concurrent issue, which means the states have every right to pass laws they deem necessary to protect them from the invasion of illegal aliens. Such laws cut down on crime, and support law abiding residents.

The lawsuit by the Justice Department argues that the South Carolina law usurps the federal government’s authority to enforce immigration laws.

In other words, "Sure, the law is on the books, but if we don't enforce it, you can't either."

The support for that argument is a warped view of the Supremacy Clause.

Bravo, to South Carolina, for joining the states willing to enforce immigration law. What they will find, as has happened in Alabama and Arizona, is that enforcing the immigration laws results in the illegal aliens deporting themselves.

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