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Judge blocks key parts of Arizona immigration law

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Paul Virtue - Jul. 28 (Comment) - A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the most controversial parts of Arizona's immigration law from taking effect, delivering a last-minute victory to opponents of the crackdown. The overall law will still take effect Thursday, but without the provisions that angered opponents -- including sections that required officers to check a person's immigration status while enforcing other laws and provisions that required immigrants to carry their papers at all times.

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Op-Ed Contributor: Why Arizona Had to Draw a Line on Illegal Immigrants

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Kris W. Kobach - Apr. 28 (Opinion) - ON Friday, Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona signed a law — SB 1070 — that prohibits the harboring of illegal aliens and makes it a state crime for an alien to commit certain federal immigration crimes. It also requires police officers who, in the course of a traffic stop or other law-enforcement action, come to a “reasonable suspicion” that a person is an illegal alien verify the person’s immigration status with the federal government.

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PostPartisan - Arizona's shameful "immigration" bill

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - Apr. 23 (Opinion) - It is nothing short of astonishing that Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer Friday signed a bill that could make it dangerous just to look Hispanic. That’s not the purpose of the new law, of course. As The Post reported, the law “requires authorities in Arizona to question people about their immigration status if there is reason to suspect they are in the country illegally.” The Arizona Republic notes that it “would require anyone whom police suspect of being in the country illegally to produce ‘an alien registration document,’ such as a green card or other proof of citizenship, such as a passport or Arizona driver's license.”

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Lone Star Liberals Are Back

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Mimi Swartz - Mar. 04 (Opinion) - Certainly, Barack Obama deserves ample credit for the Texas Democrats' return from the dead. He has generated the inspirational enthusiasm here that he has elsewhere. Voter turnout in Texas is expected to be vastly higher than it's been in years: the total turnout here in Harris County in the first four days of early voting -- 50,997 -- was more than the 35,381 total turnout for the entire early voting period of the 2004 primary.

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