SB 1070: What Was And Wasn't Blocked
Linton Juaquin, General Counsel of the National Immigration Law Center, explained the immigration ruling on SB 1070 in a conference call Wednesday afternoon.
Some of the parts of SB 1070 that the federal judge blocked include:
*A requirement that police officers investigate the immigration status of anyone they stop who they think is in the country illegally
*The mandatory detention of people until their immigration status is determined
*Making it a state crime for failing to register with immigration authorities or failing to carry registration documents
*Making it a state crime to solicit or perform unauthorized work
Some things that the judge didn't block include:
*A provision that makes it a state crime for a person to be in violation of a criminal offense and to transport or harbor a person who is an illegal immigrant, or to encourage them to live in Arizona. (So don't go around telling potential illegal immigrants that Arizona is f*#*$ing awesome!)
*A provision to impound vehicles used for harboring illegal immigrants
*Making it unlawful to enter a vehicle in order to work, or to hire someone who enters your vehicle if it could impede the flow of traffic. "A provision that could be defended in terms of a regulating traffic, perhaps. But of course, it's really intended to go after day laborers," Juaquin said.
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