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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 752205" data-attributes="member: 12952">Mich. AG backs AZ in border law fightKathy Barks HoffmanLANSING, Mich. – Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox&nbsp; plans to file a legal brief supporting Arizona’s immigration law and&nbsp; sent a letter Monday asking other state attorneys general to join him.Cox, one of five Republicans running for Michigan governor, said in&nbsp; the letter that the U.S. Justice Department’s legal challenge to the&nbsp; Arizona law – SB 1070 – “seeks to remove the power of the states” to&nbsp; enforce their own immigration statutes along with federal immigration&nbsp; laws.He also argues that under the federal government’s approach, “there&nbsp; is no cooperative effort on immigration but only a one-way street where&nbsp; states lose control over their borders and are left to guess at the&nbsp; reality of the law.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 752205, member: 12952"] [B]Mich. AG backs AZ in border law fight Kathy Barks Hoffman LANSING, Mich. – [/B]Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox plans to file a legal brief supporting Arizona’s immigration law and sent a letter Monday asking other state attorneys general to join him. Cox, one of five Republicans running for Michigan governor, said in the letter that the U.S. Justice Department’s legal challenge to the Arizona law – SB 1070 – “seeks to remove the power of the states” to enforce their own immigration statutes along with federal immigration laws. He also argues that under the federal government’s approach, “there is no cooperative effort on immigration but only a one-way street where states lose control over their borders and are left to guess at the reality of the law.” [/QUOTE]

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