(Reuters) – A federal judge has upheld part of Arizona’s contentious immigration law, rejecting claims that the so-called “show your papers” section of the law discriminated against Hispanics.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton on Friday was on the last of seven challenges to the 2010 law. The section being upheld allows police in Arizona to check the immigration status of anyone they stop.
Bolton ruled that immigration rights activists failed to show that police would enforce the law differently for Hispanics than other people. The section is sometimes called the “show your papers” provision.
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Nothing changes, Lynn. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down most of what AZ was trying to accomplish back in 2012 but left this stand. Immigration activists challenged it but it has been enforced since 2012.
Yay.
Super post.
*yawn*
It was just UPHELD, oh sarcastic one. Go back to bed...you sound tired.
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