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发帖数: 3803 | 1 Supreme Court upholds key part of Arizona immigration law
Reuters - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a key part of Arizona's crackdown on
illegal immigrants on Monday, rejecting the Obama administration's stance
that only the U.S. government should enforce immigration laws in the United
States.
The nation's highest court, in an opinion by Justice Anthony Kennedy,
unanimously upheld the state law's most controversial aspect, requiring
police officers to check the immigration status of people they stop.
But in a split decision, the justices also ruled that the three other
challenged provisions went too far in intruding on federal law, including
one that makes it a crime for illegal immigrants to work and another that
requires them to carry their documents.
"Arizona may have understandable frustrations with the problems caused by
illegal immigration ... but the state may not pursue policies that undermine
federal law," Justice Kennedy wrote in a 25-page opinion.
Kennedy said the mandatory nature of police checks did not interfere with
the federal immigration scheme, and found unpersuasive the Obama
administration's argument that this portion of the law must be preempted at
this stage.
He said it was improper to block that provision before state courts had an
opportunity to review it, and without some showing that its enforcement
conflicted with federal immigration law. Kennedy also left open the
possibility for future constitutional or other challenges to the law once it
goes into effect.
The decision in part was an election-year setback for President Barack Obama
. It went to the heart of a fierce national debate between Democrats and
Republicans over the 11.5 million illegal immigrants the U.S. government
estimates to be in the country.
Obama has vowed to push for comprehensive immigration legislation if re-
elected on November 6. Opinion polls show Hispanics, now equal to 16 percent
of all Americans, overwhelmingly support Obama.
Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney opposed the administration's
challenge to the law.
Arizona, on the southwest border with Mexico, two years ago became the first
of half a dozen U.S. states to adopt laws to drive illegal immigrants out.
The high court's ruling cleared the way for other states to adopt similar
laws.
About 360,000 of the country's illegal immigrants, or 3 percent, reside in
Arizona. Most of the state's nearly 2 million Latinos are in the United
States legally.
Obama this month announced an important change in federal immigration policy
ahead of the election contest Romney, who has taken a tough stance against
illegal immigration.
Hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who were brought into the United
States as children could be able to avoid deportation and get work permits
under the policy change announced by Obama. Most illegal immigrants in the
United States are Hispanics.
(Reporting by James Vicini; Editing by Howard Goller and Will Dunham) | a**t
发帖数: 3833 | 2 please post it with its original title, because your translation is
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: Supreme Court upholds key part of Arizona immigration law
: Reuters - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a key part of Arizona's crackdown on
: illegal immigrants on Monday, rejecting the Obama administration's stance
: that only the U.S. government should enforce immigration laws in the United
: States.
: The nation's highest court, in an opinion by Justice Anthony Kennedy,
: unanimously upheld the state law's most controversial aspect, requiring
: police officers to check the immigration status of people they stop.
: But in a split decision, the justices also ruled that the three other
: challenged provisions went too far in intruding on federal law, including
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发帖数: 29846 | 3 unanimously upheld the state law's most controversial aspect, requiring
police officers to check the immigration status of people they stop.
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Unanimously, 这几个liiberal的法官也支持哦. 疤蟆这下傻眼了. | a**t
发帖数: 3833 | 4 it was 5:3, not unanimously
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: unanimously upheld the state law's most controversial aspect, requiring
: police officers to check the immigration status of people they stop.
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: Unanimously, 这几个liiberal的法官也支持哦. 疤蟆这下傻眼了.
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