Although Judge Bolton’s ruling is not final, it seems likely to halt, at least temporarily, an expanding movement by states to combat illegal immigration by making it a state crime to be an immigrant without legal documents and by imposing new requirements on state and local police officers to enforce immigration law. Full Story »
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Preston fails to present evidence that the headline issue of her piece, that this ruling will curb efforts by other states, is actually true. All she has supporting this claim is a statement from an 1070 opponent from the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund (see quotes). Otherwise it's a decent piece with good context.
“This is a warning to any other jurisdiction” considering a similar law, said Thomas A. Saenz, president of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund , which brought a separate suit against the law that is also before Judge Bolton.
