7/6/2010

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit in a federal court in Phoenix, claiming the state’s immigration law impedes law enforcement efforts against terrorists, gang members and other criminal immigrants. In a decison based on much legal strategizing, the DOJ’s arguments focus on how Arizona’s law pre-empts federal authority, rather than on civil rights grounds like racial profiling.

The Justice Department has requested an injunction to prevent the Arizona law from taking effect as scheduled on July 29. Hearings in the other cases, such as the main case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and other civil rights group, are scheduled for July 15 and 22.

Sources:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/us/07immig.html?_r=1&ref=politics

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/06/AR2010070600061.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38107328/ns/politics-white_house/