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Posts in category "Immigration"

Racial profiling not at the heart of the Arizona immigration case before the Supreme Court

Methinks that the federal challenge to the Arizona anti-illegal immigration law, heard last week by the U.S. Supreme Court, is terribly misunderstood. For many folks, the state law — which helps enforce federal immigration laws already on the books — is about racial profiling. They argue that cops, for whatever reason, will target people who... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
May 1, 2012 at 4:12 pm
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Someday you may need a valid ID to vote

Anyone can walk into a polling place and vote in your place. All that your impostor needs do is be able to roughly forge your name on the ballot application. This, of course, facilitates all kinds of fraud. Now, however, an increasing number of states are considering new laws that would require a valid voters... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
July 28, 2011 at 3:49 pm
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67% Say States Should Be Able To Enforce Immigration Laws If Feds Are Not

A new Rasmussen poll seems to support Arizona’s efforts to enforce federal immigration laws when the U.S. government ignores its obligations to do so. ... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
February 18, 2011 at 10:34 am
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Feds subsidize Chicago and other illegal immigration sanctuaries

What sense does this make: Chicago (Cook County) and a number of other jurisdictions have policies that obstruct federal immigration law enforcement or encouraging illegal settlement. At the same time, the Justice Department is handing out millions of dollars to the same jurisdictions to compensate for the cost of jailing illegal aliens. The Center for... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
November 8, 2010 at 10:17 am
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Illegal aliens campaign against Mark Kirk

The WBEZ headline calls them “undocumented youth,” which I suppose means that they can’t prove that they’re young. Such are the distortions of language handed to us by the politically correct, like WBEZ and National Public Radio. Undoubtedly, this story will anger some conservatives, the idea that foreign nationals, not qualified to vote, are interfering... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
October 30, 2010 at 12:28 pm
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Arizona court decision: blah, blah, blah

Judge Bolton: Master of the Blah Blah On such thin threads hang the decision by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton declared key parts of the Arizona immigration law unconstitutional. This is from her written opinion. If you can make sense of this, let me know. The Court cannot interpret this provision as Arizona suggests. Before... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
July 29, 2010 at 4:36 pm
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Federal judge Susan Bolton blocks key parts of Arizona immigration law

Judge Bolton grants a temporary injunction of the toughest parts of the law while it is further adjudicated, but allowed other parts of the law- to stand. Among those provisions left standing is a prohibition on the creation of “sanctuary cities,” the subject of my posting today in the Chicago Daily Observer. I haven’t read the... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
July 28, 2010 at 5:11 pm
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If Federal Law is Supreme Law, How Did Chicago Become a "Sanctuary City?"

If Arizona is not allowed to have its own “immigration policy,” as the Obama Department of Justice insists, then why is Chicago and other local or state governments allowed to have their own immigration policies by creating sanctuaries for illegal immigrants? Chicago, Evanston, Cicero and scores, if not hundreds, of other state and local governments... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
July 28, 2010 at 10:04 am
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Your papers, please.

This has been floating around the Internet. The point is obvious, but bears repeating: Everyone–not just those suspected of being illegal immigrants, must show ID.  I’m a legal American citizen and I must show my ID when:       1.  Pulled over by the police.     2.  Making purchases on my department store credit card.      3.  When I show up... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
July 14, 2010 at 12:53 pm
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Why doesn't Obama sue DuPage County for enforcing immigration laws?

If it is unconstitutional and odious for state and local cops to enforce federal immigration laws, then why hasn’t the Obama administration sued dozens of Chicago collar counties and towns to stop them from doing it? Suburban counties and some major suburbs here check the immigration status of anyone who has been booked, even for... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
July 13, 2010 at 8:06 am
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