USA Today is reporting that the state of Arizona will need the federal government's help in order to enforce its newly passed and very controversial immigration law. According to the paper, "Lyle Mann, executive director of the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board, says federal assistance is 'critical' to what he describes as an unprecedented effort to prepare officers as soon as this summer to enforce the law, which gives local police authority to identify and arrest illegal immigrants."
Just think about that for a second: Arizona passed a law that it knew the current administration hated while all along knowing that said law cannot be meaningfully enforced without the cooperation of that same administration. Bonkers, right? Kind of like asking your intended victim for the bat you need to beat him up.
With the state already facing a growing backlash including a boycott, I'm sure the last thing they want to admit is that they can't handle enforcement. But that's where Arizona finds itself. There's a word for this kind of situation and it rhymes with "bustermuck."
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