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Judge Susan Bolton Blocks Arizona Immigration Law

by Jordan Yerman | July 28, 2010 at 09:36 am

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Arizona Immigration Law: Key Provision Blocked by US Judge Susan Bolton

The most controversial element of SB 1070, Arizona's immigration law, will not go into effect on July 29. Federal judge Susan Bolton issued a preliminary injunction against a key provision of the law, which requires law enforcement officers to check the immigration status of suspected illegal immigrants.

Bolton Ruled that, aside from the fact that federal law (and not state law) dictates immigration policy, the blocked elements of SB 1070 placed undue burden on legal immigrants, as well as heightened the risk of wrongful arrest. (Susan Bolton's complete ruling-pdf)

Which Parts of SB 1070 Were Blocked?

While SB 1070 will go into effect on July 29, the following elements of the law will not go into effect:

Requiring law enforcement officers to check a person's immigration status while enforcing other laws.
Requiring immigrants to carry their papers at all times
Making it illegal for undocumented workers to seek employment in public places.

These elements will now be debated further, possibly up to the US Supreme Court.

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Amy Judd

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at 09:46 on July 28th, 2010

Jordan Yerman, thanks for getting this story out so quickly. It will now show up on the home page for four hours. If new developments justify it, I'll renew this flag for another cycle.

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pat vankirk (not verified)

at 10:25 on July 28th, 2010

is judge bolton from the san francisco area? then let us gather all illegal peoples an deposit them in her neighborhood. let's form a steady flow of buses to carry them as soon as they hit American soil. no troops needed, no bills to be passed. just let the buses loaded down with all the illegals and send them to areas of progressive liberal hang outs. then everone will be happy.

Karen Hatter

at 11:52 on July 28th, 2010

Anti immigration law SB 1070, crafted by Arizona Republican State Senator Russell Pearce and the anti immigration group FAIR's attorney Kris Kobach and then shepherded through the Arizona legislature by Senator Pearce, according to Politifact, does not have majority support of Latinos as represented by Russell Pearce when he appeared on CNN in early July 2010. He claimed 60% of Latinos support the legislation.

We found several polls that measured support for the law among Hispanics, both at the state and national level. Here is a quick summary:

*A national poll conducted by Univision, a Spanish-language television network, in May found that 67 percent of Hispanics oppose the law.

*A May poll released by the Wall Street Journal/NBC showed that 70 percent of Hispanics on the national level are either strongly or somewhat opposed to the measure.

*A national poll released in June by the Quinnipac University found that 54 percent of Hispanics disapprove of Arizona's immigration law.

Most importantly, a study commissioned by the National Council of La Raza along with the Service Employees International Union in May looked at support for the law among registered Hispanic voters in the state of Arizona. It found that 81 percent either strongly or somewhat oppose the law. Only four percent somewhat support it and 12 percent strongly support it.

We checked with polling experts to see if we had missed something.

"The La Raza poll is probably the best poll available for gauging Hispanic attitudes" toward the immigration law, said Fred Solop, a Northern Arizona University polling expert. "This poll was run by social scientists, includes an ample sample of Hispanics in the state, and approached the issues somewhat more complexly than other polls."

Angry (not verified)

at 12:45 on July 28th, 2010

This woman should be ashamed of herself. Where is Rahm with his dead fish?Seriously, this woman, how does she sleep at night?She is a criminal!!!!!!!!!!!!I can't wait to take over and send her to GITMO.

tootallbrown (not verified)

at 13:48 on July 28th, 2010

Judge Bolton should have availed herself to the wonders of penicillin-like drugs when she was younger; now she is obviously in the tertiary stage of syphilis and the disease has centered in her brain.

JustMyOpinion

at 13:51 on July 28th, 2010

Amazing Obama having ex-cons, radicals/extremist friends as the weather underground, would have love for people who break the laws as the illegal immigrants are doing. hmmmmmm

DR. SPILLMAN (not verified)

at 14:10 on July 28th, 2010

TOO TALL: BRINGS UP SOMETHING INTERESTING! I Had heard.... From a "well placed Source" That indeed there were "rumurs that The Judge Had .... at a very early age been Picked up, and was in Juvinal Court...... In what I was told// over 6 TIMES FOR PROSTITUTION .. AND HAD A /// THEN "ILLEGAL MEXICAN PIMP"//// CAUSING A LOT OF "MENTAL TREATMENT".... !! However.... With political pull.....(and face IT //IF TRUE SHE WAS A VICTIM///// It was Expunged from her record!! ODD AS I HAVE ONLY HEARD A FEW TIMES??

B. Loehnert (not verified)

at 14:16 on July 28th, 2010

"SHAME ON YOU SUSAN BOLTON"...JUST ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC WHORE.

snokiee ;) (not verified)

at 16:25 on September 15th, 2010

LMFAOOOO wordd thatss so trueee

Marian Bryant (not verified)

at 14:41 on July 28th, 2010

I wonder how many illegals work for this so called Judge Susan Bolton.

CLINT EASTWOOD (not verified)

at 17:07 on July 28th, 2010

ANOTHER JUDGE WITH HER HEAD IN HER BUTT.

BarbaraG (not verified)

at 07:56 on July 29th, 2010

Thank You Judge Susan Bolton!!!

tootallbrown (not verified)

at 15:09 on July 29th, 2010

You're right Barbara,Thank you Judge Susan for assuring that this administration that filed suit against one its own states will probably be eventually chased out ofWashington over this very issue. Thanks again, Judge! Way to go!