Tag: Arizona Immigration Law (SB 1070)

Texas’ Immigration Crackdown Recalls Arizona’s Divisive ‘Show Me Your Papers’ Law

The Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday allowing Texas to arrest and deport migrants resonated deeply in Arizona, which passed its own divisive crackdown against illegal immigration more than a decade ago. Arizona’s effort, which became known as the “show me your papers” law, set off a torrent of fear and anger after it passed in […]

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Texas’ Immigration Crackdown Recalls Arizona’s Divisive ‘Show Me Your Papers’ Law

The Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday allowing Texas to arrest and deport migrants resonated deeply in Arizona, which passed its own divisive crackdown against illegal immigration more than a decade ago. Arizona’s effort, which became known as the “show me your papers” law, set off a torrent of fear and anger after it passed in […]

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Supreme Court to Weigh In on Texas Immigration Law

The Supreme Court on Monday again delayed acting on a request from the Biden administration to block a new Texas law empowering state and local police officers to arrest migrants who cross from Mexico without authorization. The law remains suspended in the meantime. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., the member of the court who oversees […]

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Greg Abbott’s Ridiculously Unconstitutional Immigration Fight

In mid-December, just one day after Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas signed into law a radical new immigration bill, immigrant rights groups challenged it in court as ridiculously unconstitutional. The groups felt they had no choice, but they did exactly what Texas was counting on, because the point of the law isn’t simply how outrageous […]

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