Gabriel Arana says that even if the courts rule that SB 1070 should not go into effect next week, the Obama administration has failed:
In typical conciliatory fashion, Obama has straddled the fence on immigration. By bringing the case, the administration is showing it sympathizes with the concerns of the immigrant and Hispanic communities. But in a move that makes for some strange optics, on Monday the Obama administration set an Aug. 1 deployment date for the 1,200 National Guard troops the president had pledged to seal the border. This much is clear: Whether or not Judge Susan Bolton stops the law from going into effect, Obama has already let the immigration issue get away from him.