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Today the Supreme Court struck down 75 percent of Arizona’s anti-immigration law: a) ruling it unconstitutional for police officers to make warrantless arrests of anyone they suspect is an illegal immigrant; b) ruling it unconstitutional to require illegal immigrants to carry federal documents; and c) ruling it unconstitutional for the state to arrest illegal immigrants merely for seeking… Read more.
In a preliminary ruling yesterday, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton declared that the core provisions of Arizona’s controversial immigration law are unconstitutional and therefore cannot take effect today as scheduled. This means, among other things, that illegal immigrants in this state do not have to carry their papers at all times; that they cannot be… Read more.
After Arizona passed its new immigration law on April 23, 2010, Attorney General Eric Holder was in the vanguard of those condemning it. No doubt it was his presumptively authoritative criticisms that informed, and perhaps even incited, many of the millions who soon took to the streets in protest. In fact, Holder said on NBC’s… Read more.
Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona made quite a show on Friday of signing what is generally regarded as the most draconian anti-immigration state law in the United States. The law authorizes police officers to require anyone they reasonably suspect of being an illegal immigrant to produce documentation to prove his/her legal residency. Failure to do… Read more.
