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  • Court gives immigrants in Arizona chance for bail [SCOTUS]

    11/14/2014 6:48:51 AM PST · by GIdget2004 · 11 replies
    Washington Post ^ | 11/14/2014 | Associated Press
    A U.S. Supreme Court ruling has cleared the way for a wave of bail hearings for immigrants across Arizona. Hundreds of immigrants who have been denied bail under a strict Arizona law will now have the opportunity to be released. The high court on Thursday kept intact a lower-court ruling that struck down the law passed in 2006 amid a series of immigration crackdowns in Arizona over the past decade. The law denied bail to immigrants who are in the country illegally and have been charged with a range of felonies that include shoplifting, aggravated identity theft, sexual assault and...
  • 13 states tell 9th Circuit court & SCOTUS to uphold AZ SB-1070.

    11/04/2010 1:16:47 PM PDT · by SandRat · 32 replies
    Arizona Daily Star ^ | David A. Lieb The Associated Press Arizona Daily Star
    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A coalition of 13 states has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold an Arizona law penalizing businesses that knowingly hire illegal immigrants. The Supreme Court is to hear arguments next month on the 2007 Arizona law, which ---- snip ----