"Mexican Gangs Maintain Permanent Lookout Bases in Hills of Arizona

By Adam Housley    Published June 22, 2010| FOXNews.com

"US government sues Arizona over anti-immigration law

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"....... A Justice Department statement said it was challenging the new state law in the courts because it hampered the authority of the administration of President Barack Obama to enforce national immigration policy.

 

It also placed significant "burdens" on federal agencies and law enforcement, the department argued.

Federal laws do not permit the development of a "patchwork of state and local immigration policies," it said.

"Setting immigration policy and enforcing immigration laws is a national responsibility," US Attorney General Eric Holder said in the statement.

Arizona, the Justice Department said, "crossed a constitutional line."................."