are strongly in-line with Natural Law. Many Christians adopt deontological positions and think we should act according to God's design or purpose for our lives. They may be less influenced by Aquinas in this, and Protestants tend to be less sure about moral absolutes. However, there is still a strong sense of following rules within most Christian denominations. Aquinas said: “Consequently, law must needs concern itself mainly with the order that is in beatitude.” From this we can see that the Bible played a big part in the development of Natural Law; this proves that Christians make moral decisions through a multiple of different ways.
A Federal Challenge The Justice Department on July 6 had filed a lawsuit in federal court in Phoenix to challenge the state law, contending that controlling immigration is a federal responsibility. Polls, however, suggest that a majority of Americans support the Arizona law, or at least the concept of a state having a strong role in immigration enforcement. The lawsuit had been expected since mid-June 2010, when Obama administration officials first disclosed they would contest the legislation, adding to several other suits seeking to have courts strike it down. The federal government added its weight to the core argument in those suits, which also had argued that the Arizona law usurps powers to control immigration reserved for federal authorities. The main suit was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and other civil rights
Arizona is one of the states where discrimination against immigrants has become a serious discriminative problem, which people who is illegally in the country have to face. An article from the internet says “In April 2010, The Arizona Governor Jan Brewer today signed into law Arizona's discriminatory immigration enforcement bill which requires law enforcement to question individuals about their immigration status during every day police meetings. The law creates new immigration crimes and penalties inconsistent with those in federal law, this new law asserts sweeping authority to detain and transport persons suspected of violating civil immigration laws and prohibits speech and other expressive activity by people who every day is seeking work in order to live” (Par 1). The officers who work in Arizona with this new law are required to ask every person they go across about their migratory status. I think that in some points of view, this law has token to far because they are not only taking advantage of undocumented people but they are also violating the right of freedom of
April 2010, Arizona enacted two laws addressing immigration, SB 1070 and HB 2162. These laws added new state requirements, crimes and penalties related to enforcement of immigration laws and were to become effective on July 29, 2010. Before the laws could go into effect, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit asking for an injunction against these laws arguing that they are unconstitutional. On July 28, Judge Bolton granted the request for injunction in part and enjoined those provisions related to state law officers determining immigration status during any lawful stop; the requirement to carry alien registration documents; the prohibition on applying for work if unauthorized; and permission for warrantless arrests if there is probable cause the offense would make the person is removable from the United States. Arizona Governor Jan Brewer appealed the injunction and arguments were heard by the 9th U.S.
Arizona’s Immigration Law Arizona’s Immigration law Look up the state Arizona on the Internet many words come up such as the Grand Canyon or hot desert. The biggest thing that is affecting Arizona is illegal immigration. Like Texas and California, Arizona is one of the closes states to Mexico. Our state has had many issues with immigration and I’m sure for many years it has been going on. Just this past year a controversial law SB1070 was signed by Arizona’s governor, were local police have the power to stop anyone on reasonable suspicion that is an illegal immigrant.
Once this law was announced, there was an enormous public outcry of opposition. Many cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Austin, and Seattle declared they would boycott Arizona and refuse to do business with them. This in turn had a harsh impact on the Arizona economy. As identified by, Randall Allen a professor at Southern Utah University, “the most notable lawsuit was by the United States government
Implementing laws to reduce the number of immigrants entering the United States illegally that lead to racial profiling has caused many controversial issues and arguments among people. For example, on April 23,2010 Arizona Governor, Jan Brewer, signed S.B. 1070 into law. That would prevent some immigrants from entering the country illegally. The law requires Arizona police officers to question any one they reasonably suspect of being an illegal alien.
The bill was met with extreme opposition from lawmakers, lobbyists, and citizens. As the bill passed through the Senate and House it was amended several times. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed and became a significant part of history. “The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in voting, education, employment, public accommodations, and the receipt of federal funds on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, or religion” (Bennett-Alexander & Hartman, 2007, p. 70). Title VII of The Civil Rights Act covers employment protections.
Immigration Conflicts COM/470 07/30/11 Immigration Conflicts Conflicts in Immigration For years immigration has been a highly debated conflict among several government parties and residents of the United States. The immigration reform has been a highly criticized policy that never attains the full approval of neither Democrats nor Republicans. Per The Americano Article “Several Hispanic organizations have criticized an ambivalent policy that has the president saying he favors immigration reform and amnesty, while immigration authorities are imposing strict enforcement of the law, deporting more undocumented immigrants than any other administration, Republican or Democrat”(para.1 etc) Advocates such as the Federation for American
Brewer signed into law the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe neighborhoods Act, better known as S.B. 1070- in April 2010, the world was taken aback not only by the State of Arizona’s brazen attempt to regulate immigration at the state level, but also by means it authorized for doing so. By giving state and local law enforcement officials the responsibility to detain persons whom they have “reasonable suspicion” to believe are unlawfully present, the Arizona immigration law was branded “the toughest immigration law in the country”. It was heavily criticized as a law whose enforcement would rely on racial profiling of Latinos and other racial minorities and that would require anyone to produce proof of citizenship to law enforcement officers on demand. Although S.B.