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The Constitutionality of Suspicion (Name (Professor (Course /Subject (Date

Thesis Statement : The new Arizona Immigration laws are in violation of the United States Constitution

Arizona bought the issue of illegal immigration back into the mainstream of national consciousness with the state 's enactment of state Senate Bill 1070 , authorizing the use of strict regulations be initiated against illegal aliens by Arizona 's state and local police and law enforcement authorities . The crux of the debate on the law is the adoption of Arizona of a severely belligerent stance against undocumented aliens

, thus providing illegal aliens an abhorrence to cooperate with police , the over zealous enforcement of state laws and the Constitutional mandates with regards to immigration laws , and the establishment of guilt to those who are illegally in the United States (Michael Dorf 2010 . The Federal government , led by Homeland Security head Janet Napolitano , are bent on reviewing the constitutional soundness of the state 's law , with critics arguing that the new law will increase incidents of racial profiling and other discriminatory actions (Agence France Press 2010

But overturning a law that was duly enacted is quite difficult . But there are various arguments that can be used to declare SB 1070 as impinging on the American fundamental law . Under the tenet of preemption , a law of the Federal government will take precedence over a state enacted law , as enshrined in Article 6 of the United States Constitution . In short , if any law that was enacted by the states would come...

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