As I understand it, the law Arizona passed last April is a mirror of federal

immigration law. In addition, the Arizona law requires commission of a

crime first before lawmen can ask questions. Our own federal

enforcers already have this right, yet somehow have avoided racial profiling

charges.

Could it be that the race-baiting charge is really all about winning over the far-left Latino vote?

Because the federal lawsuit against Arizona doesn't have any charges at all about civil rights violations.

It's now all about federal laws "pre-empting" state laws, as if Arizona's law somehow contradicted federal law.

But it doesn't.

It's one thing for the Feds to not want to do their job. But it's alarming to see the government smear a state

as racist, and then bring a lawsuit that only highlights its own failure to do its job.

Benedict Frederick, Jr.,Pasadena