The state of Arizona is once again at the center of the immigration debate as it defends the controversial SB1070 in federal court.<\/p>\n
At the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco in early November, representatives from Arizona argued that some of the stricter portions of the law should be reinstated after a judge blocked them in July.<\/p>\n
SB1070 allows law enforcement officers to check a person for identification if they suspect he or she is in the country illegally. Opponents of the law contend that it encourages racial profiling and subjects people to unlawful searches and interrogations when they have not obviously committed a crime. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton essentially agreed with this claim when she blocked parts of the law in July, saying, \u201cRace, alienage, or national origin discrimination was a motivating factor in the enactment of SB1070.\u201d<\/p>\n
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