Parts of Arizona law before US Supreme Court


Here are the sections of Arizona’s immigration law considered by the U.S. Supreme Court:

UPHELD:

- A requirement that police, while enforcing other laws, question people’s immigration status if officers have reasonable suspicion they’re in the country illegally.


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STRUCK DOWN:

- A requirement that all immigrants obtain or carry immigration registration papers.

- A provision making it a state criminal offense for an illegal immigrant to seek work or hold a job.

- A provision that would allow police to arrest suspected illegal immigrants without warrants.

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