Washington Times - Members of Congress File Brief Supporting AZ Immigration Law

The following excerpt appeared in the July 22nd edition of Inside the Beltway in The Washington Times.  You can view the entire article here.

By Jennifer Harper, Inside the Beltway, The Washington Times

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"Congress has plenary authority to regulate aliens. Congress has continuously encouraged states to assist in enforcing federal immigration law. S.B.1070 is consistent with that intent. Therefore, this Court should deny Plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction." - from an amicus brief filed in federal court Wednesday by the American Center for Law and Justice and the Immigration Reform Law Institute on behalf of 81 members of Congress, in support of Arizona's immigration law.

"It is very clear that Arizona's law regulating immigration is both sound and constitutional," says chief counsel Jay Sekulow. "What is equally clear is that the Obama administration is overstepping its constitutional authority in its legal challenge of the Arizona law. The American taxpayer would be better served if the federal government concentrated its efforts on securing our borders instead of pursuing a faulty legal course."