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In striking down some of the Arizona law’s provisions, the Court said that federal immigration law preempted the state law

Supreme Court Upholds Immigration Checks, but Administration Counters



The Supreme Court handed down its decision on the Arizona immigration law yesterday, striking some portions of the law in a 5-3 ruling but unanimously upholding immigration status checks by law enforcement. The Obama Administration countered by announcing it would tell Arizona to release most of the people whose status was in question.

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Following the Court’s decision, law enforcement officers must make a “reasonable attempt…to determine the immigration status” of any person they stop, detain, or arrest for a non-immigration offense if “reasonable suspicion exists that the person is an alien unlawfully present in the United States.” That check would involve a call to the Department of Homeland Security, which maintains a 24/7 hotline for this purpose, as the federal government determines who may enter and remain in the country. “That means police statewide can immediately begin calling to check immigration status—but federal officials are likely to reject most of those calls,” reports Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times. “Federal officials said they’ll still perform the checks as required by law but will respond only when someone has a felony conviction on his or her record. Absent that, [they] will tell the local police to release the person.” More...


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