Article: CROSSING A LINE THE ISSUE: FEDERAL JUDGES UPHOLDING CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. THEIR VIEW: BULLYING THEM TO LEAVE IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.

It's getting ugly out there for illegal immigrants. States and cities are cracking down with harsh new ordinances, and the courts are upholding them. Not only are deportations at record highs, but immigrants also are being detained at places previously understood to be off-limits, such as schools. The debate about illegal immigration, labor, social justice and international trade has devolved into open season on illegal immigrants.

Arizona penalizes employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants, suspending their business license for 10 days for the first offense and revoking it permanently for the second. Valley Park in Missouri fines businesses that hire illegal immigrants. Oklahoma not ...