Posted on 06/17/2010 10:30:35 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's office has received nearly $20,000 in private donations to help the state mount a legal defense against lawsuits related to its tough new immigration law.
Nearly 440 people in 46 states and the District of Columbia have contributed to the fund. According to a list of donors provided to The Arizona Republic newspaper, the smallest contribution is $1 and the largest is $750.
Brewer announced last month that she had hired private counsel to represent her in the federal lawsuits pending against the state. She is named as a defendant in four of the five cases.
Arizona's new immigration law is scheduled to take effect July 29. It requires police, while enforcing other laws, to question a person's immigration status if officers have a reasonable suspicion that the person is in the country illegally.
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Ping!
As the law parallels the Fed law, and is almost identical to laws in California, and I believe other States as well any lawsuit by the Feds, or anyone for that matter should IMO be considered frivolous, and kicked out of the courts.
But of course there will be Judge shopping to ensure that doesn’t happen.
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