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Federal judge blocks Arizona's day laborer restrictions

A federal judge blocked police in Arizona from enforcing a section of the state's 2010 immigration enforcement law that prohibited people from blocking traffic when they seek or offer day labor services on streets.

U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled Wednesday that groups seeking to overturn the law will likely prevail in their claim that the day labor rules violate the First Amendment.The ban was among a handful of provisions in the law that were allowed to take effect after a July 2010 decision by Bolton halted enforcement of other, more controversial elements of the law. The previously blocked portions include a requirement that police, while enforcing other laws, question people's immigration status if officers suspect they are in the country illegally.The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Gov. Jan Brewer's appeal of Bolton's decision to put the most contentious elements of the law on hold. Another appeals court has already upheld Bolton's ruling.Three of the seven challenges...

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  1. Federal Judge Dismisses Another Challenge to Arizona Immigration Law

    PHOENIX -- A federal judge in Phoenix has dismissed another challenge to Arizona's new immigration law.U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton on Wednesday granted the stat...

  2. Federal Judge Dismisses Officer's Challenge to Arizona Immigration Law

    PHOENIX -- A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday by a Tucson police officer who challenged Arizona's new immigration law. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton says...

  3. Judge Blocks Portions of Immigration Law

    Partial injunction issued on Arizona law

  4. Verdict's In: Arizona Judge Lacks Good Reason

    Arizona's immigration law supposedly "would impose a 'distinct, unusual and extraordinary' burden on legal resident aliens that only the federal government has the a...

  5. Judge Hears Immigration Law Opposition

    Seven lawsuits against state of Arizona argued in federal court

  6. Arizona Governor Appeals Immigration Law to Supreme Court

    Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer filed an appeal Wednesday with the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that put on hold key parts of the state's immigration enforcement ...

  7. Gov. Brewer Appeals to Supreme Court

    Arizona governor asks high court to overturn ruling on controversial immigration bill

  8. Immigration Ruling Could Send Message to States

    PHOENIX -- States that had been watching Arizona's immigration law in hopes of copying it received a rude awakening when a judge put most of the measure on hold and ...

  9. Arizona Immigration Law Defanged

    All-Star panel makes sense of federal judge's ruling on controversial measure

  10. Arizona Fights Obama's Immigration Suit, Blames Feds for 'Crushing Burden'

    Arizona urged a federal judge Tuesday to reject the Obama administration's challenge to its tough new immigration law, arguing the border state is acting within its ...

  11. Immigration Law Pits State Against Federal Government

    Arizona judge weighs legal challenges to immigration law

  12. Arizona Governor Considers Changing Immigration Law

    Republican Gov. Jan Brewer , who signed the law and appealed a ruling blocking its most controversial sections, said Friday she would consider changes to "tweak" the...

  1. Quick Analysis of the Arizona Immigration Law Ruling

    Arizona immigration law decision:             I. What is enjoined 1. Requiring verification of immigration status:   Requiring that an officer make a reasonable atte...

  2. Brewer files brief in appeal over immigration law

    Lawyers for Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer filed their opening brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in her appeal of a ruling that blocked enforcement of the most controversia...

  3. Arizona Sheriffs React to Judge's Ruling on Immigration Law

    One Arizona sheriff's "heaven" is another's hellish state of confusion.A federal judge who blocked key provisions of Arizona's controversial immigration law the day ...

  4. Federal Judge Blocks Key Parts of Arizona Immigration Law

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

  5. Arizona Boycott Continues Despite Judge's Ruling

    A federal judge may have yanked the teeth out of Arizona's new immigration law this week, but that hasn't stopped all the boycotts of the state that spread nationwid...

  6. Arizona Set to Appeal Judge's Ruling on Immigration Enforcement Law

    Arizona and the federal government are headed for Round 2 of their fight over immigration policy as the state prepares to ask an appeals court to lift a judge's ruli...

  7. Protest Still Planned in Phoenix Despite Judge's Ruling on Immigration Law

    At least one group plans to go ahead with a protest of Arizona's new immigration law despite a judge's ruling on Wednesday blocking key provisions that angered criti...

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