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PHOENIX — Civil rights groups are dropping their bid to stop police from enforcing the "papers please” provision of SB 1070, at least for the time being. Linton Joaquin of the National Immigration Law Center said it makes little sense to spend time appealing last month’s order by U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton letting the law take effect. That followed a Supreme Court ruling in June saying there was no basis for her original 2010 injunction declaring the provision was pre-empted by federal law. And Bolton specifically denied a request by the civil rights groups for a new preliminary...

by John HillStand With Arizona An Ohio lawmaker on Wednesday proposed an Arizona-style immigration law - the first new state legislation since the Supreme Court upheld the key provision of S.B. 1070 in June.State Rep. Courtney Combs (Facebook link), a Republican from Hamilton, said that he came up with the idea for the law more than a year ago but did not move forward because the similar law in Arizona was being challenged. He is going ahead now, because as he said the Supreme Court has "ironed out the issue". “I have no problem with immigration,” Combs said. “Immigration is a great thing, but it’s...

With the Obama administration and Congress stalled on immigration reform, California has joined the growing parade of states acting on their own to pressure Washington into action. The Democrat-controlled state Senate on Wednesday night passed its version of the Dream Act – a bill that would allow illegal immigrants who attended state high schools for three or more years to apply for state-funded college financial aid. The federal version of the bill, which was most recently defeated in December, allows a path to citizenship for illegal-immigrant students and members of the military who were brought to the US as children....

Tucson – State laws like Arizona's SB1070, which aims to criminalize undocumented immigrants, not only has a negative effect on the economy, but also on public safety and education, Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon told Efe. He said the state continues suffering the effects of the economic boycott launched after the enactment of SB1070 last year and that it continues to be reflected in the canceling of conventions and seminars. "These cancellations affect the businesses of Hispanics and non-Hispanics alike," Gordon said after a speech at the University of Arizona in Tucson. According to an analysis by the Washington-based Center for...

NASHVILLE -- Gov. Bill Haslam said Wednesday he is working with Republican legislative leaders to develop a broad-based bill dealing with illegal immigration. One piece would be an Arizona-style law allowing state and local police to enforce federal immigration laws. Another would require the written portion of driver's license exams be given in English unless the person is in the U.S. legally through a work or student visa. The law would require businesses to use the federal E-Verify program in hiring and make the state ensure illegal immigrants cannot access a number of state services. Haslam spoke to reporters after...

ABC will air an episode of " what would you do" that will make a mockery of the AZ lie by having actors as police go up to Hispanic looking people and demand ID. This airs Friday. We must stop it

Gov. candidates in 20 states endorse anti-immigration laws By: Carrie Budoff Brown September 2, 2010 04:31 AM EDT It’s not just Arizona. In states far from the Mexico border — from liberal Massachusetts to moderate Iowa — Democrats and Republicans in gubernatorial races are running on strict anti-illegal-immigration platforms, pledging to sign an array of tough enforcement measures into law come January. Of the 37 gubernatorial races this year, candidates in more than 20 states have endorsed adopting a strict Arizona-style immigration law or passing legislation that makes it harder for illegal immigrants to live, work and access basic public...

(07-16) 04:00 PDT Sacramento - -- A slight majority of Californians favor Arizona's controversial law that makes illegal immigration a state crime and allows police officers in the Grand Canyon state to question people's immigration status based on "reasonable suspicion," according to a Field Poll released today. However, the results are close and clearly divided along partisan lines. California voters approve of the law by a 49 to 45 percent margin. A 62 percent majority of Democrats disapprove of the law, while 77 percent of Republicans said they favor the law. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/16/BAFV1EEU9E.DTL#ixzz0ts5uP4EZ