Arizona law is best on immigration...Legal Arizona Workers Act

Arizona law is best on immigration...Legal Arizona Workers Act...establishes a state’s right to enforce laws against employers of illegal aliens...The plaintiff against AZ was the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has opposed every attempt at immigration enforcement at the state and national level for decades. The chamber lobbied against the act while it was in the legislature. Then they teamed up with the ACLU to sue us. Now, the chamber is supporting an ostensibly anti-illegal immigration bill, called the Legal Workforce Act in Washington,(H.R.2164) , which Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced..the bill was crafted with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other cheap labor lobbyists, who made it difficult to enforce. It exempts many illegal agricultural workers; has a two year phase-in period for most employers, and makes it difficult to check existing employees’ legal status... Gutting local enforcement in exchange for watered down federal enforcement placed in the hands of the Obama administration can only be described as “the bad.”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/57249.html

ICE has released over 8,000 criminal aliens into U.S. since 2009

ICE has released over 8,000 criminal aliens into U.S. since 2009
The ICE agency, which is responsible for enforcing U.S. immigration laws inside the country, has released more than 8,000 illegal aliens convicted of crimes onto the streets of the U.S. since fiscal 2009, according to ICE data released by House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith (R.-Texas)...

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/ice-releases-thousands-criminal-immigran-0

House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) Acts to 'Keep Our Communities Safe'

House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) Acts to 'Keep Our Communities Safe'...Every year, ICE releases about 4,000 criminal aliens back into U.S. communities because their home countries will not accept them for deportation, and because the Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot be detained indefinitely. This group includes murderers, rapists, cop killers, child predators, and gang members who are then free to continue their life of crime here, and they get a work permit in case their crime doesn't pay enough. Yesterday, the House immigration subcommittee held a hearing on this problem and on a new bill to address it

http://cis.org/vaughan/keep-our-communities-safe-hearing