Arizona Immigration Law Dividing Law Enforcement Across the Country
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › May 18, 2010
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PHOENIX -- Arizona's tough new law cracking down on illegal immigration is dividing police across the nation, pitting officers against their chiefs and raising questions about its potential to damage efforts to fight crime in Hispanic communities.
On Monday, police bosses from Maryland and Nevada condemned the law, saying that it could suck up vital resources and destroy delicate relationships with immigrant communities if implemented in their own states. There are at least nine other states considering similar legislation.See the full content of this document
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Arizona Immigration Law Dividing Law Enforcement Across the Country
In Arizona, two officers are challenging the law in court, while police unions that lobbied for it are defending it against criticism from police officials.
Both sides are debating how a law like Arizona's can be enforced without leading to racial profiling of ...See the full content of this document
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