The Supreme Court, Racial Profiling, and Brewer’s Hobbled Law

Brewer’s law had four legs. Now it has one—a lame one. The Supreme Court’s ruling was not a vindication of Brewer, rather it issued a death sentence for an unjust law. The law is not dead yet, but it may as well be a dead man walking. 

Now, all eyes turn toward Congress. 

Our U.S. Immigration system is still broken and something must be done. The Supreme Court has made it clear, that action must come from Congress. Now is the time for comprehensive immigration reform. Now is the time to declare, in concert with the Evangelical Immigration Table and the thousands of people who have signed the Statement of Principles for Immigration Reform, released two weeks ago today: “We call for a bipartisan solution on immigration that:

• • Respects the God-given dignity of every person
• • Protects the unity of the immediate family
• • Respects the rule of law
• • Guarantees secure national borders 
• • Ensures fairness to taxpayers
• • Establishes a path toward legal status and/or citizenship for those who qualify and who wish to become permanent residents”