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Arizona Immigration Law Blocked

Nail in the Coffin

By U.S. Court of Appeals.

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Sorry, John McCain. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a lower court decision on Monday that prevented the most controversial provisions of Arizona’s immigration law from taking effect. The appeals court ruled that the federal judge who blocked the contested provisions, including requiring police to check one’s immigration status during a routine traffic stop, was in the right, and in no way abused her discretion. The Obama administration had previously filed a lawsuit challenging the Arizona law in court.

Read it at The Washington Post