Arizona Immigration Law Opinion: What The Supreme Court Ruled

Decoding the Supreme Court Ruling On Arizona's Immigration Law

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Here are the sections of Arizona's immigration law considered by the U.S. Supreme Court:

UPHELD:

_ A requirement that police, while enforcing other laws, question people's immigration status if officers have reasonable suspicion they're in the country without documents.

STUCK DOWN:

_ A requirement that all immigrants obtain or carry immigration registration papers.

_ A provision making it a state criminal offense for an undocumented immigrant to seek work or hold a job.

_ A provision that would allow police to arrest suspected undocumented immigrants without warrants.

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