“The Justice Department filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Arizona to challenge a new state law intended to combat illegal immigration, arguing that it would undermine the federal government’s pursuit of terrorists, gang members and other criminal immigrants.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/us/07immig.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Yeah, because the federal government is working really, really hard at pursuing criminal immigrants (maybe this is why they can’t be bothered with pursuing illegal immigrants -  they’re just way too busy pursuing criminal immigrants)