Judge Knocks Down Meat of Arizona's SB 1070
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The tough new immigration law that has sparked national debate is scheduled to take effect Thursday.
However, the ask/you'd-better-tell policy will now be postponed as the lawsuit brought by the federal government winds through the courts.
Get Out! Arizona and America join Joe Arpaio in rushing to inquire: Are your papers in order?
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, probably not smiling right now.
Federal District Court Judge Susan Bolton, who hopefully has a security escort out of the courthouse in Phoenix, sided with the U.S. Justice Department's argument that the federal government enforces immigration law.
"The judge also put on hold a part of the law that required immigrants to carry their papers at all times, and made it illegal for undocumented workers to solicit employment in public places," reports the Washington Post.





























