I’m still liking my chances on my prediction that the Justice Department won’t, in the end, actually sue Arizona over its new immigration law. I mean, even Tamar Jacoby is against it.

And I think the White House now has an escape hatch:

A trio of U.S. House Democrats from Arizona is making a last-ditch effort to discourage President Barack Obama’s administration from suing the state over its controversial new illegal-immigration law.
Reps. Ann Kirkpatrick, Harry Mitchell and Gabrielle Giffords support a comprehensive approach to border security and immigration reform, something Congress has failed to pass despite years of trying. All three, who could find themselves in difficult re-election battles this year, want the administration to focus on practical steps to repair the broken U.S. immigration system and shore up border security instead of suing Arizona.

See, it’ll be for the good of “comprehensive immigration reform” that they’ll decide, reluctantly and with a heavy heart, to forego a legal challenge to the law; and besides, there are already five other lawsuits in the works by private parties.

That said, I kind of wish they would sue; here’s Tamar’s feared consequences:

An administration lawsuit against SB 1070 would only push immigration further in this direction. It would enrage the 60%. It would inject immigration into midterm campaigns from coast to coast. Worst of all, it would alienate key lawmakers, from Arizona and elsewhere, without whose help the administration will have no hope of advancing comprehensive reform.

Sounds good to me!