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PHOENIX -- A federal court is allowing lawyers from the U.S. Department of Justice to participate in arguments on April 2 over Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's bid to overturn a ruling that bars police from enforcing a minor part of the state's 2010 immigration law.

Brewer is appealing a decision by a lower-court judge who ruled in favor of civil rights groups that sought to block the law's prohibition on harboring illegal immigrants.

The Justice Department had filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to reject the appeal and asked to participate in the April 2 arguments.

Brewer's lawyers said the harboring ban is aimed at confronting crime and doesn't conflict with federal policies.

Opponents said the ban is trumped by federal law.

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    2cents wrote...
    Opponents said the ban is trumped . . .
    March 14, 2013 6:51 am
    by Federal law. Trouble is, the so-called Federal law that was introduced as hope and change is trumped by the Constitution.
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    yrreta wrote...
    So Federal law states that it is
    March 14, 2013 7:13 am
    OK to harbor illegal immigrants? So that means if I'm harboring a group of illegal immigrants in my garage, and they get caught, I'm in the clear, I am not breaking the law. Is this correct? If so, can someone explain the logic behind this. Everyone’s OK with prosecuting those who hire illegal immigrants, but if you help them by giving them sanctuary in your garage, that's fine. Makes perfect sense...yeah, right.
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    Michoacan wrote...
    Busybody Arizona wants to violate
    March 14, 2013 7:56 am
    the Constitution, again. "It is a federal crime to transport or move an unlawfully present alien within the United States; to conceal, harbor, or shield an unlawfully present alien from detection; or to encourage or induce a person to come to, enter or resident in the United States without authorization." the judge wrote. And she pointed out federal law also makes it a crime to aid in any of these acts. "While state officials are authorized to make arrests for these violations of federal law, the federal government retains exclusive jurisdiction to prosecute them," Bolton ruled.
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    wrote...
    And under
    March 14, 2013 9:22 am
    Oidiots regime, they won't enforce it.
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    Constitutionalist wrote...
    Federal laws trumps, yes, but.
    March 14, 2013 12:49 pm
    I will completely agree with Michoacan and anybody else that will say local laws cannot trump federal laws that already exist, because the Constitution clearly states that powers not reserved to the federal government belong to the states and visa versa. However, if the federal government is failing to enforce the laws they created, (or even refusing to enforce the laws, like when Obama told ICE to ignore calls from Arizona) what recourse do the rest of us have? You can't ask citizens to follow a federal law if it is not going to be enforced. Unenforced laws are merely words on paper.
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