On June 25, The US Supreme Court struck down significant portions of the Arizona’s anti-immigration law SB 1070, but left intact the “show me your papers” provision which requires law enforcement to check the immigration status of individuals stopped and suspected of being in the country illegally.
The court also struck down three other major provisions:
State Attorney General Kamala Harris said in a released statement, “This ruling spotlights the critical need for comprehensive immigration reform.
“Laws that target and demonize people are not the answer,” she said in. “Stripping people of their civil liberties and humanity is not the answer.”
Harris called SB 1070 a cruel and ill-conceived idea that wasted taxpayer dollars and demeaned our country’s values of fairness and freedom.
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