The WaPo reports that the Obama Administration might be impeded from filing a suit against the AZ anti-immigrant law because of a 2002 Jay Bybee Memo holding that local police have the authority to detain people for both civil and criminal violations of Federal immigration law. It pitches the story as the Obama Administration being [...]
The OTHER 2002 Jay Bybee Opinion |
| By: emptywheel Tuesday May 18, 2010 4:31 pm |


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