After suffering a major legal setback in the summer, Arizona regained its footing in court Friday when a federal judge dismissed parts of the U.S. Justice Department's challenge to the state's new immigration law and rejected several claims made by Hispanic activists and Phoenix police officers.

U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton's ruling on Friday struck down the federal government's challenge to the portion of the law that prohibits the transport of illegal immigrants.

It also rejected a challenge from Phoenix police officers and an advocacy group called Chicanos Por La Causa who argued that the cops could be sued for racial profiling if they enforced the law or lose their jobs if they didn't.

Bolton agreed with Arizona that they had no valid claim of immediate harm.

Bolton also dismissed a lawsuit from the National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders who were seeking an injunction preventing authorities from enforcing the law because the group argued federal law pre-empts state regulation of national borders.

"I am pleased with today's decision," Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said in a statement Friday. "I strongly believe that the citizens of Arizona will ultimately prevail in all of these legal challenges. My defense of the rule of law will continue as vigorously as ever."

Arizona's law has been at the center of an impassioned national debate on illegal immigration ever since it was passed in April. The federal government filed a lawsuit soon after to block the measure -- a battle that is ongoing and is likely to wind up in the Supreme Court.

The law makes illegal immigration a state crime and requires police to check the immigration status of anyone they stop if they suspect they are in the state unlawfully.

Bolton's ruling didn't have any effect on the portions of the law that she previously prevented from taking effect, including a requirement that immigrants get or carry immigration registration papers.

In that ruling in July, Bolton let other portions take effect, including a ban on obstructing traffic while seeking or offering day-labor services on public streets.

Bolton on Friday denied Brewer's request to dismiss challenges to the law's most controversial sections.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/11/judge-dismisses-challenge-ariz-immigration-law/#ixzz17pnc58Oq

Proud of Az.
Other States should follow and back them up.
I hate to say Texas is a very bad example for Immigration Enforcement.

Yeah, but they're first in executions

When I see the Fox news link I automatically dismiss the news of any legitimacy.

When I see anything you post that's how I feel.

I take that as a compliment seeing the stock you put in getting the truth from Fox News.

I couldn't watch Fox News and feel good about calling myself American at the same time.

And that was not an attack on you boredinaz.

I rarely watch cable "news", but because I can't stand the idiots on all the other channels I watch Fox when I watch cable "news".

FOX News is a paid mouth peice for the Republican Party.

This story is actually from the AP.

MSNBC is so liberal. they'd announce Az. deporting Illegals as a bad thang.

Announce?

Yes, they announce, not report.

Personally I do watch any news channel but they all have a right to freedom of the press and all news spin their own agendas..........I do read newspapers............and it doesn't matter what country what station they all push their own propaganda.....and instigate their own governmental battles and opinions....its an age old tactic

Personally I do watch any news channel but they all have a right to freedom of the press and all news spin their own agendas..........I do read newspapers............and it doesn't matter what country what station they all push their own propaganda.....and instigate their own governmental battles and opinions....its an age old tactic

yeah, and George Soros has his hand in everything liberal which includes the GE networks which is everything but CNN which he supports as well. So what's your point? Do you really think the leftist media is righteous while those of opposite opinions are not valid? Got news for ya holmes, its all opinion, you just happen to agree with the left.