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So I read today that ICE (Immigration & Customs Enforcement) issued a statement saying that they may refuse to process suspected illegals aliens picked up in Arizona.  Evidently this is some sort of protest against the Arizona Immigration Law.  I am uncertain how they came to their respective conclusions, as from all I have read or heard it appears nearly no one within the Federal Government has actually read the text of the law.  I read it.  It's pretty simple and straightforward - you can read it here.

Whether this is driven by the Administration or simply bureaucrats looking to score political points with the Administration is irrelevant at this point, as the effect is the same: An agency of the Executive Branch that is charged with enforcing Federal law is saying that it may refuse to enforce Federal law that is specific to its domain, and for which it has specific responsibility.

Seriously?!?  That has to be one of the most asinine things I have ever heard from the government - and sadly, that is really saying something...  Doesn't it seem like the Federal Government is moving farther and farther away from the things that it is constitutionally supposed to do?  Shouldn't the government simply and only have a constitutional agenda, founded on its constitutional responsibilities, instead of a solely political one?

So here's the real question: I know that it is really hard to sue the Federal Government.  AND, if the head of a Federal agency refuses to enforce a law for which they have specific responsibility, and they are then given a chance to resign as a form of moral/political protest and they refuse, could they not be held personally liable, in the same way that corporate CEO's and CFO's are held to account for their statements and actions?

So that's the question.  Not saying that the implications of the question would be easily manageable.  I just think it is a valid question.