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Arizona governor signs immigration law; foes promise fight
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| Last Edited | Imperator Apr 23, 2010 05:48pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Alia Beard Rau |
| Media | Newspaper - Arizona Republic (Phoenix) |
| News Date | Friday, April 23, 2010 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer today signed into law an immigration bill that gives the state toughest law in the nation, making it a state crime to be in the country illegally and requiring local police to enforce federal immigration laws.
Brewer said she signed the bill in response to "the crisis the federal government has refused to fix.''
Hispanic leaders addressing the hundreds of protesters at the Capitol immediately vowed to wage a legal fight, and Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon said he wants the city to sue.
The new immigration law
will require anyone whom police suspect of being in the country illegally to produce "an alien registration document," such as a green card, or other proof of citizenship such as a passport or Arizona driver's license.
It also makes it illegal to impede the flow of traffic by picking up day laborers for work. A day laborer who gets picked up for work, thus impeding traffic, would also be committing a criminal act.
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