Holder Admits to Not Having Read Arizona Immigration Bill

Posted by Jim Hoft on Thursday, May 13, 2010
Here was another gem from today’s Holder hearing…
Obama’s Attorney General admitted during his hearing with the House Judiciary Committee that he has not read the 10 page Arizona immigration bill even though he has repeatedly spoken out against it in recent public outings.
Sean Hannity played the video:


FOX News reported:

Despite repeatedly voicing concerns about Arizona’s new immigration enforcement law in recent weeks and threatening to challenge it, Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday he has not yet read the law — which is only 10 pages long.

“I have not had a chance to — I’ve glanced at it,” Holder said at a House Judiciary Committee hearing when asked had he read the state law cracking down on illegal immigrants.

Holder told reporters last month that he fears the new law is subject to abuse and that the Justice Department and the Homeland Security Department are in the midst of conducting a review.

The Arizona law requires local and state law enforcement to question people about their immigration status if there’s reason to suspect they’re in the country illegally, and makes it a state crime to be in the United States illegally.