Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Arizona: The Debate Goes On

In a highly anticipated ruling today, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton blocked four of the harshest sections of SB 1071, Arizona's controversial immigration law, from going into effect on July 29, 2010 as scheduled. These include: Requiring local law enforcement to check the immigration status of anyone they stop or arrest, making it a crime for an undocumented immigrant to seek or perform work, and making it a crime for individuals to not carry immigration papers. Provisions that have been allowed to stand are: Arizona's ability to block the establishment of "sanctuary cities" by state officials, the requirement that state officials work with federal officials on illegal immigration, the allowing of civil suits over sanctuary cities, and making it a crime to pick up day laborers. More information, as well as a link to SB 1071 can be found at:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/28/federal-judge-rules-arizona-immigration-law-dispute/

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