Judge Blocks Portions of Ariz. Illegal Immigration Law

July 28, 2010 13:07


Federal judge grants a partial injunction requested by the federal government on the Grand Canyon State’s immigration law, blocking some of the legislation’s most controversial components.

FULL STORY at FOXNews.com

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked some of the toughest provisions in the Arizona immigration law, putting on hold the state’s attempt to have local police enforce federal immigration policy.

Though the rest of the law is still set to go into effect Thursday, the partial injunction on SB 1070 means Arizona, for the time being, will not be able to require police officers to determine the immigration status of anyone they stop or arrest.

U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton also struck down the section of law that makes it a crime for someone not to carry immigration registration papers and the provision that makes it a crime for an illegal immigrant to seek or perform work.

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