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Supreme Court Decides Fate of Controversial Arizona Immigration Enforcement Law (S.B. 1070)

July 2, 2012

At long last, on Monday, the United States Supreme Court, in a 5-3 vote, issued its opinion regarding Arizona’s controversial immigration enforcement law. The Court struck down several key sections of Arizona’s tough immigration enforcement statute, “S.B. 1070” (although H.B. 2162 amended S.B. 1070 and was the version enacted, the law is still referred to as S.B. 1070). However, the Court upheld Section 2(B) which requires state police to check the immigration status of individuals they stop, detain, or arrest if “reasonable suspicion exists” that the person is unlawfully present in the United States.

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