Not crim­i­nals, says the Supreme Court

Yes­ter­day, the Supreme Court issued an opin­ion in Ari­zona v. United States, regard­ing the legal­ity of Arizona’s SB1070 immi­gra­tion law. The gist of the opin­ion is twofold. First, immi­gra­tion law is the juris­dic­tion of the fed­eral gov­ern­ment, not the state gov­ern­ments. Sec­ond, the fed­eral gov­ern­ment does not con­sider being in the coun­try ille­gally to be crim­i­nal activ­ity. (more…)