Immigration Law

Mitt Romney: Arizona Immigration Law ‘Underscores The Need’ For President To Act – Huffington Post

WASHINGTON — Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney called the Supreme Court’s decision on Arizona’s immigration law the fault of the president for failing to pass comprehensive immigration reform — without making any …

Supreme Court Rejects Part of Arizona Immigration Law – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday delivered a split decision on Arizona’s tough 2010 immigration law, upholding its most controversial provision but blocking the implementation of others. The court unanimously sustained the law’s centerpiece, the …

States await Supreme Court decision on immigration laws – St. Louis Post-Dispatch

WASHINGTON • No matter how it rules, the Supreme Court’s consideration of Arizona’s SB1070 immigration law has already had one effect. The number of immigration bills and resolutions proposed in state capitals fell sharply in the first quarter of this … Continue reading

Ariz. agencies ready to enforce immigration law after ruling – USA Today

PHOENIX – Arizona law-enforcement agencies have been here once before: prepared to enforce the controversial immigration legislation the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday. Every agency in the state had mandatory training from the Arizona …

Timeline: Chronology of Arizona immigration law battle – Reuters

(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a key part of Arizona’s crackdown on illegal immigrants on Monday, but also ruled that three other challenged provisions went too far in intruding on federal law. Here is a list of key … Continue reading

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on immigration ruling: We won – CNN (blog)

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled on her state’s controversial immigration law: U.S. Supreme Court Decision Upholds Heart of SB 1070 “Today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court is a …

5 things to look for in health care, immigration rulings – Houston Chronicle

As the justices announce the fate of Arizona’s tough immigration enforcement law and the sweeping health care reform law, political and legal analysts will try to determine the impact of the rulings on Barack Obama’s presidency, enforcement of immigration …

Romney Issues Statement on Court’s Immigration Decision – New York Times Blogs

… illegal immigration just hours after the Supreme Court struck down several parts of Arizona’s controversial immigration law. “I believe that each state has the duty–and the right–to secure our borders and preserve the rule of law …

Factbox: U.S. state laws targeting illegal immigration – msnbc.com

(Reuters) – A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Monday upholding a key part of Arizona’s crackdown on illegal immigrants may lend support to states where Republican-led legislatures have passed similar laws, insisting they had to act in a policy area … Continue reading

High Court upholds key part of Arizona immigration law – msnbc.com

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court upheld a key part of Arizona’s crackdown on illegal immigrants on Monday, rejecting the Obama administration’s stance that only the U.S. government should enforce immigration laws in the United States. The nation’s …