A coalition of groups challenging Arizona’s immigration law are backing away from their appeal aimed at thwarting a U.S. Supreme Court ruling over the statute’s most contentious section.
The challengers had asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to bar enforcement of the law’s requirement that police, while enforcing other laws, question the immigration status of those they suspect are in the country illegally.
The court has since denied the request, and the questioning requirement has been in effect since Sept. 18.
Coalition attorney Linton Joaquin says opponents want to dismiss their appeal because it would be quicker to continue challenging the questioning requirement in a lower court rather than tying up the case for months in the appeals court.
Joaquin says the coalition will continue pressing its challenge.
Juggernaut8000 posted at 1:43 pm on Mon, Oct 15, 2012.
'Critics'? You mean a bunch of illegal loving liberals who want their illegal brethren to spew across out border and rape the system at the expense of John Q taxpayer.
VofReason posted at 12:52 pm on Fri, Oct 12, 2012.
"The challengers had asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to bar enforcement of the law’s requirement that police, while enforcing other laws, question the immigration status of those they suspect are in the country illegally." What would be a legitamate reason to ask for this unless you are trying to keep illegal immigrants in the country illegally? Question asked and answered.
Jesus Christo de Nogales posted at 10:18 am on Fri, Oct 12, 2012.
Tell Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto that his country must stop exporting drugs and illegal Mexican occupiers of the United States and re claim its illegal Mexican occupiers now in the US. This is such an embarrassing situation for Mexico. La Raza, The Arizona Coalition for Migrant Rights, National Immigrant Solidarity Network/AFGJ and Casa Aztlánwill help Nieto in stopping this illegal occupation of the United States and create a working birth control program in Mexico. They can’t afford to have so many children and the situation will only get worse. Are you with us?