Articles Posted in Arizona

About two years ago Republican Governor Jan Brewer and the Arizona legislature passed a bill making it legal for local police to stop people and make inquiries about their immigration status. The US Constitution specifies that matters of immigration shall come under the purview of the Federal Government only. As a result, the Attorney General…

A federal judge found that parts of the controversial Arizona law designed to stop illegal immigration might violate well established federal law and she temporarily halted its implementation. Other parts of the bill were permitted to go forward. Those parts of the law blocked by the Judge included that section which permitted law enforcement to inquire as…

The U.S. Justice Department will be filing a lawsuit questioning the constitutionality of the controversial Arizona bill that targets illegal immigrants. This lawsuit will set the stage for a federal government vs. state government conflict. The federal government will most likely seek an injunction delaying implementation of the Arizona law since it sees the state…

In April, Arizona passed one of the nation’s toughest illegal immigration bills, SB 1070—a bill which President Obama strongly criticized. The law, whose aim it is to identify, prosecute and deport illegal immigrants, sparked uproar not only in Arizona, but in California as well. In Orange County, eight people chained themselves together outside the federal…