Lack of Leadership in the Immigration Debate

It looks like our elected leaders have turned a blind eye to federal laws over which they have control over. Before Arizona passed its immigration control law, the federal government passed a very similar law. This law is the located in the Title 8 the of U.S. Code and it allows federal immigrant officers without a warrant to interrogate any alien or person that is believed to be an alien and ask of they are allowed to live in the United States. As Americans are debating on the Arizona's new law, they do not seem to notice the federal law that already exists.
Many of our elected officials have been very outspoken about the Arizona law. It has effected many people who are enraged with the new law. One group that really voiced out their opinions has been our elected leaders in Washington. Representative Raul Grijalva has called for a boycott of his own state. Representative Luis Guitierrez (Illinois) has engaged in acts of civil disobedience to protest the Arizona law. The Attorney General has not ruled out legal challenges in court.
The most interesting thing is that Obama tells the world that the immigration law that passed in Arizona is not fair to every American, but on the other hand he under his oath promised to withhold the federal government which already has a law passed that is similar to the one on Arizona that i talked about in the beginning. The people who have the power to change the law do not do anything about it right now to change it but talk about how unconstitutional it is.

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