Judge rules on Arizona immigration law

[Undertoad]

You mean when you removed the ignore list that you claimed to have used.

[classicman]

yup exactly. Are you now calling me a liar?

[Undertoad]

Just put back the ignore list sparky. I don't care who started it, so no whining. There's nothing anyone has done to get you to this level of butthurt, you're just too super-sensitive all the time. So buck up, ignore the haters and stop ruining threads.

[classicman]

Gotcha. That seems to be the general consensus.
Thanks.

[classicman]

And now some input from PA....

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Hazleton, Pa., may not enforce its crackdown on illegal immigrants, dealing another blow to 4-year-old regulations that inspired similar measures around the country.

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia said that Hazleton's Illegal Immigration Relief Act usurped the federal government's exclusive power to regulate immigration.
The northeastern Pennsylvania city had sought to fine landlords who rent to illegal immigrants and deny business permits to companies that give them jobs. A companion measure required prospective tenants to register with City Hall and pay for a rental permit.

Mayor Lou Barletta had pushed the measures in 2006 after two illegal immigrants were charged in a fatal shooting. The Republican mayor, now mounting his third try for Congress, argued that illegal immigrants brought drugs, crime and gangs to the city of more than 30,000 and overwhelmed police, schools and hospitals.

Hispanic groups and illegal immigrants sued to overturn the measures, and a federal judge struck them down following a trial in 2007. The laws have never been enforced.

Yahoo

This is nowhere near what AZ proposed and yet is still got squashed.

[Lamplighter]

NY Times article

Water Drops for Migrants: Kindness, or Offense?

Two years ago, Daniel J. Millis was ticketed for littering after he was caught
by a federal Fish and Wildlife officer placing gallon jugs of water for passing immigrants
in the brush of this 118,000-acre preserve.

“I do extreme sports, and I know I couldn’t walk as far as they do,”
said Mr. Millis, driving through the refuge recently.
“It’s no surprise people are dying.”

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit weighed in on Mr. Millis’s appeal this month,
ruling that it was “ambiguous as to whether purified water in a sealed bottle
intended for human consumption meets the definition of ‘garbage.’”
Voting 2-to-1, a three-judge panel overturned Mr. Millis’s conviction.

Throughout southern Arizona, the death toll totaled 1,715 from 2002 to 2009,
with this year’s hot temperatures putting deaths at a record-breaking pace.

But opponents say the water drops are encouraging immigrants to continue to come across the border illegally.
The critics say there ought to be Border Patrol agents stationed near the water stations
to arrest those who are crossing illegally as soon as they finish drinking.
So furious are some at the practice of aiding immigrants that they have slashed open the water jugs,
crushed them with their vehicles or simply poured the water into the desert.

[xoxoxoBruce]

He should be convicted of conspiracy.

[Happy Monkey]

The critics say there ought to be Border Patrol agents stationed near the water stations to arrest those who are crossing illegally as soon as they finish drinking.

Why are they critics then?

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Why are they critics then?

It's in their nature. They just have to complain about something.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Because the agents aren't there to arrest them after they drink.