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Immigration law protesters detained outside Alabama SenateChicago TribuneSix people protesting the state's controversial immigration law were led away and detained Thursday morning after a sit-down protest near the Alabama Senate chamber. The protesters prayed and sang "Amazing Grace" and "This Light of Mine," and called …and more » View full post on law – Google News

Feds: Alabama immigration law caused spike in Hispanic student absencesCNNBy the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) — A top US Justice Department official warned Alabama's education department that the state's controversial immigration law has had "lasting" and possibly illegal consequences for Hispanic school children, according to a …and more » View full post on law – Google [...]

Forbes The Arizona Immigration Law is Beside the PointForbesThe case, heard in the Supreme Court last week by eight of the Justices (Justice Elena Kagan recused herself, presumably because she worked on the case as Solicitor General), concerns the constitutionality of SB 1070, an Arizona immigration law.The Lower FloorNew York Times (blog)Enforcing immigration lawNorman TranscriptPoll [...]

Bloomberg NH measure supports Arizona immigration lawBoston.comCONCORD, NH—A New Hampshire resolution in support of the tough Arizona law that requires police to check the immigration status of people they want to stop for any reason drew opposition Tuesday rather than support. Only opponents testified at a …Arizona Immigration Law Author Hopes for Similar Measure in [...]

Alabama Immigration Law Opponents File Complaint With Mexican Government, Say …Huffington PostA worker picks tomatoes in Alabama after the law took effect in September 2011 and many migrant workers left the state. WASHINGTON — The Service Employees International Union continued its fight against Alabama immigration law HB 56 on Monday by …and more » View full [...]

Bloomberg Arizona Immigration Law Author Hopes for Similar Measure in KansasFox NewsKansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach helped draft Arizona's SB 1070 and the immigration enforcement laws of several other states.AP Topeka, Kansas – The hints that US Supreme Court justices seemed to drop last week indicating support for at least some …Kansas immigration debate [...]

Bloomberg Kansas immigration debate still a stalemateCBS NewsKris Kobach and other Kansas officials who want the state to crack down on illegal immigration are encouraged by public comments from US Supreme Court justices, which suggest they're ready to uphold major parts of a tough Arizona law Kobach helped …Beyond SB 1070's Legality, an Apparent Question [...]

Bloomberg Where Arizona's immigration law is flawedWashington PostDespite the Supreme Court justices' apparent skepticism [“Justices receptive to parts of Arizona's immigration law,” front page, April 26], the immigration status checks required by Arizona's law subvert federal enforcement priorities and procedures.Kansas immigration debate still a stalemateKansas City StarArizona Leads U.S. in Real Immigration ReformBloombergLegislators talk about [...]

JURIST Arizona Leads U.S. in Real Immigration ReformBloombergThen, last week, Verrilli's client's position compelled him to argue that the Obama administration's unwritten policy of non-enforcement of federal immigration law prevented the states from helping to enforce those very same laws, because of the …Supreme Court Decision Could Help Other Immigration LawsFox NewsCourt's stance could spur [...]

Arizona's Immigration Law Has Already Harmed America – No Matter What the …Huffington Post (blog)Arizona's controversial immigration law, which requires immigrants to have their paperwork on hand in case a police officer asks for it during a routine traffic stop, represents further hardship for Latinos in America. Just imagine what it would be …and more » [...]