Kyl and McCain Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Arizona’s Immigration Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Jon Kyl and John McCain made the following statement today in response to the Supreme Court’s decision appearing to uphold a key provision of the Arizona immigration law, SB 1070:
“While we still want to fully review the Supreme Court’s decision, today’s ruling appears to validate a key component of Arizona’s immigration law, SB 1070. The Arizona law was born out of the state’s frustration with the burdens that illegal immigration and continued drug smuggling impose on its schools, hospitals, criminal justice system and fragile desert environment, and an administration that chooses to set enforcement policies based on a political agenda, not the laws as written by Congress. We will continue our efforts on behalf of the citizens of Arizona to secure our southern border. We believe Arizonans are better served when state and federal officials work as partners to protect our citizens rather than as litigants in a courtroom.”
