A recent Washington Post Article discusses the Obama Administration's legal efforts to stop Arizona's controversial immigration law. The government states that the law is unconstitutional because the power to set immigration policy lies in the hands of the federal government, and not the state. Citing potential "detention and harassment," no argument is made specifically against racial profiling in the lawsuit. There are so many activists groups outraged with this law that it seems like it doesn't have a chance of making it through. If the fed's initial attempt to bump the law fails, the Justice Department will likely make another one looking at racial profiling. Sure the law does say that no racial profiling will occur, but incidents about stopping someone just because they look Hispanic probably will happen. And then how far will it go? Constitutional rights will be questioned, the outrage will gain momentum and the problems will just keep getting bigger and bigger. John McCain and other proponents knows that everybody is all for keeping illegal immigrants out of the country, but should leave the policy making decisions to the federal government.
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