Supreme Court May Uphold Part Of Arizona Immigration Law

By David G. Savage, Washington Bureau, Los Angeles Times
Thu, 04/26/2012 - 12:00am

In oral arguments, both liberal and conservative justices indicate they may maintain a provision of the Arizona law that tells police to check the immigration status of people they stop. WASHINGTON —U.S. Supreme Court justices strongly suggested they would uphold a provision in Arizona's tough immigration law that tells police to check whether people they stop for some other reason are in this country legally.

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