Hillary Clinton Says White House Will Sue Over Arizona Immigration Law

[kpete]

Source: CBS News

Hillary Clinton Says White House Will Sue Over Arizona Immigration Law
Posted by Brian Montopoli

Updated 4:59 p.m. Eastern Time

According to President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder, the Justice Department is currently in the process of deciding whether or not to file suit over Arizona's controversial immigration law, which Mr. Obama has called "misguided" and potentially discriminatory.

According to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, however, the decision has already been made.

"President Obama has spoken out against the law because he thinks that the federal government should be determining immigration policy," she said in an interview with an Ecuadorean television station flagged by The Right Scoop. "And the Justice Department, under his direction, will be bringing a lawsuit against the act."

The Arizona law, which would go into effect in July, requires immigrants in the state to carry documents verifying their immigration status and requires police officers to question a person about his or her immigra

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[Captain Hilts]

1. Excellent. AZ can't have its own foreign policy. nt

[Bluebear]

2. Couldn't say it better myself. nt

[frylock]

3. something positive

knr

[Bryn]

4. Good!

I am glad.

[harkadog]

5. When did Hillary Clinton take over the Justice Dept.?

[Lucky Luciano]

6. Good question...and the title of the article is very misleading....but...

if the title is indeed true, then YAY!

[treestar]

7. Immigration laws affect foreign policy, so she could be in on it

[harkadog]

8. She said Justice would sue. Holder has only said they were studying it.

Immigration laws might affect foreign policy but that doesn't mean the SOS decides what lawsuits the DOJ is going to file.

[Lagomorph]

9. I agree, she stepped out of bounds....

...DOJ decisions should be announced by the DOJ.

I hope she brings up the Latin countries own immigration laws when discussing foreign policy.

Whether or not we need to change the laws, our leaders should respect them, or their credibility will suffer when they ask other nations to respect our views.

[davidinalameda]

10. my thought too

she's been taking a more visible role lately

odd for a secretary of state

more VP like in fact

wonder if Biden is on his way out or something

just odd

[tilsammans]

11. Good news!

:kick:

[eternalflame]

12. I hope so..

and hopefully it will also stop their other crazy bills they want to pass.