The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday over the fate of SB-1070, Arizona’s controversial immigration law requiring police to check the immigration status of people they stop. The state will ask justices to allow the enforcement of parts of the law that have been blocked by lower courts. The Department of Justice says regulation immigration is the job of the federal government, not states.
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