What do you think about states considering their own immigration legislation?

It would cost too much to enforce and they already have problems extraditing people so it would even more for deportation

Someone has to do it, Barry and Nappy aren't and that's for damn sure!

As long as they stay within the federal guidelines and do not make me pay for it, I would not see a problem with it. Because when they pay to deport then, they just come right back so I don't want to waste my money on that waste of time.

That's what's happening with the federal laws not being enforced right now. If the Feds would enforce the existing laws then states wouldn't have to make their own.
So how do you feel about your money being wasted by the federal government?

Deportation isn't happening now much at all. Only on the border mostly so not much of my money is being wasted on deportation.

it's not your money...once you pay your taxes, it doesn't belong to you anymore...so we as citizens don't have any say over what the government waste their money on

Funny all those repubs and conservatives who tell me they don't want to support welfare recipients said this isn't true. Cause I said what little they pay in isn't theirs once it gets paid in...lol

I was waiting for one of them to say this to me so I could catch them at the hypocrisy....

one of who? i'm not a conservative, and i never said it was my money... when i go to subway and buy a footlong, it turns into their money, not mine... i have no control over how they spend it.... same with taxes, all we can do is try to vote people in our out...

I think it's a great idea.
However, BHOsama would waste my Tax Dollars on suing the States that are doing the job Feds are not doing.

of course the states are free to enact any laws they choose provided those laws comply with the US constitution. therein lies the issue in the az law. the law stands but a federal court has found that some provisions may not be enforced because of constitutional issues. the "united" in united states is derived largely from our constitution.

I think it's fine if the legislation can be written in a way that cooperates with the Federal Gov't as it is their jurisdiction. But they definitely need help and have not done well managing it - except fr airport security (really that's a different dept)

I am %1000 percent behind Arizona.

and there is a thing as too much enforcement. enforcement cannot cause undue hardships such as human rights violations, be racially motivated, or target racial groups - called profiling - or target anyone in a way that is unfair.

This is actually Federal jurisdiction also to ensure civil rights and that local laws do no violate the constitution. also actual border control is a federal jurisdiction because it is a national border but I cannot see why they would not want additional assistance from the states.

well philosophically we do as we are supposed to elect officials who represent our interests and theoretically spend in those interests. sometimes this happens often it does not

I have said many times that I think we should be able to earmark a certain percentage of our income tax to spent as we wish - toward the programs we choose

what would u choose? Me? Prolly daycare and housing subsidies

I have a huge issue with this too. The way the public sector communicates between jurisdictions wastes all of our money

however, it is the President's responsibility to see that local law does not violate the constitution - or your rights and mine

i find it interesting that many of the people who've cried out in the past, "we don't need any new laws, we need to enforce the laws we have" are many of the same folks who now cry out for the states to enact new laws.

not so in the least. that responsibility and the power rests solely with the judiciary.

Hey, the states have to do something,
The Feds aren't protecting our sovereignty as prescribed in the Constitution.

not much the states can do realistically. as you yourself said, national sovereignty is provided for in the constitution and not a power of the states.

technically yes - I was generalizing to the federal gov't

and the Prez does appoint the supreme ct