On April 23, 2010, Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed into law Arizona Senate Bill 1070, citing rise in violence due to illegal immigration into her state. The law requires police to determine whether a person is in the United States legally. It also orders immigrants to carry their alien registration documents at [...]
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton granted a preliminary injunction today that prevents police in Arizona from questioning people about their immigration status.
She also blocked provisions of the law making it a crime to fail to apply for or carry alien registration papers or “for an unauthorized alien to solicit, apply for, or [...]
On July 6, 2010, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the state of Arizona, seeking to overturn its tough new immigration law, which is set to go into effect in a few weeks.
Arizona’s law requires immigrants to carry their alien registration documents at all times and allows police to question the residency [...]
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