Federal judge strikes down Arizona immigration law

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A federal judge has struck down a 2005 Arizona law that made smuggling immigrants a state crime, saying it conflicted with federal laws governing immigration.

U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton said in her Friday ruling that the state law was “preempted” by the U.S. government’s authority to enforce immigration laws, dealing another legal blow to Arizona’s controversial efforts to give local and state law enforcement more muscle to combat illegal immigration.

Read more http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-arizona-immigration-20141108-story.html
 

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