WASHINGTON, DC - Unduna wa Zachilungamo ku United States wapempha kuti achedwetse kukhazikitsa lamulo la SB 1070, lomwe laperekedwa ndi nyumba yamalamulo ku Arizona, kusuma mlandu boma kukhothi la federal lero. Lamuloli lipangitsa kuti kulephera kunyamula zikalata zolowa m’dzikolo kukhala mlandu komanso kupereka mphamvu kwa apolisi kuti amange aliyense amene akuganiziridwa kuti ali m’dziko muno mosaloledwa.
Dipatimentiyi ikunena kuti kugwirira ntchito kwa lamuloli kudzabweretsa "chiwonongeko chosatheka," kuti malamulo a federal amaposa malamulo a boma, komanso kuti kutsatiridwa kwa malamulo okhudza anthu olowa m'dzikolo kuli pamlingo wa federal.
"Boma likuchitapo kanthu kuti likhazikitsenso mphamvu zake pazandale ku United States," atero a Benjamin Johnson, mkulu wa bungwe la American Immigration Council. "Ngakhale kutsutsa kwalamulo ndi Unduna wa Zachilungamo sikungathetse kukhumudwa kwa anthu ndi njira yathu yosokonekera yosamukira kumayiko ena, iyesetsa kufotokozera ndi kuteteza boma la federal lomwe limayang'anira kayendetsedwe ka anthu olowa."
Ngakhale kuti mayiko akhala akugwira nawo ntchito yolimbikitsa anthu olowa m'dzikolo, pazaka 10 zapitazi, mayiko ochulukirapo asankha kuyika malamulo awo am'deralo, zofunika kwambiri, komanso ndale pamayendedwe athu olowa m'dziko. America ikhoza kukhala ndi njira imodzi yokha yolowera, ndipo boma liyenera kufotokoza momveka bwino komwe maulamuliro amayambira komanso komwe akuthera. Boma la federal liyenera kutsimikizira kuti lili ndi mphamvu zokhazikitsa ndondomeko yofanana ya anthu olowa m'mayiko ena yomwe ingathe kuimbidwa mlandu. M'masiku ano, sizikudziwika kuti ndani ali ndi udindo wokhazikitsa zofunikira zoyendetsera anthu osamukira kumayiko ena komanso ndani yemwe wawapangitsa kuti apambane kapena kulephera kwawo?
Ngakhale bungwe la American Immigration Council likuyamikira chigamulo cha akuluakulu aboma kutsutsa kutsata malamulo a Arizona, limalimbikitsa kuti liyang'anenso mkati ndikukonza ndondomeko ndi mapulogalamu ena omwe amasokoneza ubale pakati pa boma ndi boma kuti likhazikitse malamulo okhudza anthu olowa m'dzikolo. Mwachitsanzo, Dipatimenti Yachilungamo iyenera kuchotsa memo ya Office of Legal Counsel yomwe idaperekedwa mu 2002, yomwe idatsegula khomo lakuchitapo kanthu kwa boma pofika pachigamulo cholimbikitsa ndale chomwe mayiko anali ndi mphamvu zokhazikitsa malamulo okhudza anthu olowa m'dzikolo. Kuonjezera apo, Dipatimenti Yoona za Chitetezo Padziko Lonse iyenera kuthetseratu mgwirizano wa 287 (g) ku Maricopa County, Arizona, kumene zawonekeratu kuti mgwirizanowu ukuchitidwa molakwika.
Kumapeto kwa tsikulo, mlandu wokhawokhawo sudzathetsa vuto limene linapangidwa chifukwa cha kusowa kwa malamulo okhudza anthu olowa m’dzikolo. Ngakhale kuti Dipatimenti Yachilungamo ikukumana ndi vuto lazamalamulo, olamulira a Obama ndi Congress akuyenera kuyikanso nkhani yosamukira kumayiko ena komwe ili - m'maholo a Congress komanso pa desiki la Purezidenti wa United States.
