Other States Not Following Arizona's Lead

Arizona Republic: Other states may have learned from Arizona's mistake: The expected copy-at immigration laws have not - so far - materialized. But opponents of one-dimensional non-solutions such as Arizona's SB 1070 cannot take too much comfort in the fact that enforcement-heavy state laws have not made much progress. For one thing, there's still time for bad ideas to be resurrected.For another, the federal government has not done anything to ease the public's frustration over illegal immigration. That means those who peddle SB 1070-type legislation at the state level still have a shot at enacting more mischief. The need for a functional immigration policy did not disappear in 2006 when Congress failed to enact comprehensive immigration reform. It is not eased by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's pronouncements that the border is more secure than ever. SB 1070 was more the product of what the federal government didn't do than what Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce did to get it passed and signed by Gov. Jan Brewer.