Federal judge lifts injunction on Arizona immigration law

[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona [official website] on Tuesday lifted an injunction [order, PDF] that barred enforcement of a controversial provision of Arizona's immigration law [SB 1070, PDF] requiring law enforcement officials to check the immigration status of persons they stop or arrest if there is a reasonable suspicion that the person is in the US illegally. After hearing arguments [JURIST report] on the law in August, Judge Susan Bolton denied [JURIST...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/09/federal-judge-lifts-injunction-on-arizona-immigration-law.php

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