WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is waging a furious legal
fight against a patchwork of state laws targeting illegal immigrants,
and on Monday the Supreme Court has its first chance to jump into the
fray.
Arizona is asking the justices to allow the state to begin
enforcing measures that have been blocked by lower courts at the
administration's request. Among those provisions is one that requires
police, while enforcing other laws, to question a person's immigration
status if officers suspect he is in the country illegally.
fight against a patchwork of state laws targeting illegal immigrants,
and on Monday the Supreme Court has its first chance to jump into the
fray.
Arizona is asking the justices to allow the state to begin
enforcing measures that have been blocked by lower courts at the
administration's request. Among those provisions is one that requires
police, while enforcing other laws, to question a person's immigration
status if officers suspect he is in the country illegally.