On July 28, 2010, Judge Susan R. Bolton of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona issued a preliminary injunction that prevents the most controversial sections of Arizona’s new immigration law (SB 1070) from taking effect. While not finally deciding the constitutionality of SB 1070, the Court found that several of its provisions were likely unconstitutional because they were “preempted” by federal immigration laws and that the failure to issue the injunction would result in substantial harm to the public interest.
SB 1070 took effect on July 29, 2010, but many of the provisions that most angered opponents have been enjoined. These include:
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