2010-07-11 CNN
Well, you knew it was coming: the Feds suing Arizona, trying to stop its tough new immigration law. The law that among other things requires police to question people they think might be in the country illegally. It's supposed to kick in three weeks from tomorrow. The Justice Department basically says "Hold on, Arizona. You can't make your own immigration laws because that's Washington's job." Well, Governor Jan Brewer says that that's the problem. Washington has not done its job and Arizona is paying the price.
"We need the federal government to do their job. And if they don't do it, then Arizona will."
So Governor Brewer says that the DOJ is wasting taxpayer money fighting this law, that it should use the money to fight the violent Mexican drug cartels that've bled over the border. The DOJ's beef with the law might be constitutional but other critics say it will encourage racial profiling. CNN's Casey Wian takes a look at who's fighting the law and who's fighting for it.
From the moment Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed a controversial law expanding local police powers to crack down on illegal immigrants and their employers, a White House legal challenge seemed inevitable. Following 12 weeks of protests, boycotts and threats, the Justice Department is suing to block SB 1070 before it takes effect July 29th. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement, Setting immigration policy and enforcing immigration laws is a national responsibility. Seeking to address the issue through a patchwork of state laws will only create more problems that it solves. Supporters of Arizona's law say the Federal Government has created the problem, with its failure to solve the nation's illegal immigration crisis. One outspoken Arizona sheriff says his deputies won't stop arresting suspected illegal immigrants because previous state laws have been upheld by Federal courts.
Lawsuits are no lawsuits, I'm going to continue enforcing the Federal and State immigration laws.
The law compels local police during a lawful stop, detention or arrest to check the immigration status of people they reasonably suspect are illegal immigrants. Brewer said in a statement, "The truth is the Arizona law is both reasonable and constitutional. It mirrors substantially what has been federal law in the United States for many decades." The Obama administration's lawsuit does not address claims by Latino advocacy and civil rights groups that SB 1070 will encourage racial profiling and violations of all immigrants' civil rights. Those groups are suing Arizona as well.
1.question vt.问(某人)问题; 正式提问; 质询; 问
例句：I prefer questioning my pupils to lecturing them.
我喜欢少讲课, 多提问我的学生。
The police questioned the witness.
警察询问了证人。
2.basically ad.基本上,从根本上说
例句：Basically I agree with your plan.
我基本上同意你的计划。
3.racial adj.种族的; 存在或发生于种族之间的
例句：His speech did nothing for racial concord.
他的讲话对种族和谐没有作用。
They have long been involved in a crusade for racial equality.
长期以来他们一直致力于争取种族平等的运动。
4.inevitable adj.不可避免的, 必然发生的,不能防止的
5.boycott n.（对某事物的）抵制
6.outspoken adj.直言的;坦率的
例句：She is an outspoken critic of the school system in this city.
她是这座城市里学校制度的坦率的批评者。
7.check vt.vi.检查, 核对
例句：The accounts check.
账目核对无误。