Breaking News: U.S. Federal District Judge Blocks Key Portions of Arizona Immigration Law
On the eve of the Arizona immigration law going into effect, Judge Susan R. Bolton grants the U.S. Government’s motion for an injunction to stop the following provisions from becoming law in Arizona tomorrow:
“1.) Section 2 of SB …1070: Requiring that an officer make a reasonable attempt to determine the imigration status of a person stopped, detained or arrested if there is a reasonable suspicion that the person is unlawfuly present in the United States, and requiring verification of the immigration status of any person arrested prior to releasing that person;
2.) Section 3 of SB 1070: Creating a crime for the failure to apply for or carry alien registration papers;
3.) Portion of Section 5 of SB 1070: Creating a crime for an unauthorized alien to solicit, apply for, or perforom work; and
4.) Section 6 of SB 1070: authorizing the warrantless arrest of a person where there is probable cause to believe the person has committed a public offense that makes the person removable from the United States”
A copy of Judge’s Order can be found here:
The Washington Times reports
“A federal judge in Phoenix on Wednesday blocked sections of Arizona’s new immigration law, saying the provisions place too many burdens on legal immigrants, U.S. citizens and the federal government.
Ruling a day before the law was to go into effect, Judge Susan R. Bolton said requiring police to check the immigration status of those they arrest or whom they stop and suspect are in the country illegally would overwhelm the federal government’s ability to respond, and could mean legal immigrants are wrongly arrested.
“Federal resources will be taxed and diverted from federal enforcement priorities as a result of the increase in requests for immigration status determination that will flow from Arizona,” Judge Bolton wrote in partially granting of the Obama administration’s request to halt implementation the law.
The judge did leave in place requirements that require state officials cooperate with federal authorities to remove illegal immigrants and that allow police to charge vehicles that stop to pick up day-laborers if they impede traffic.”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/28/judge-blocks-key-parts-ariz-immigration-law/