Tensions Rise Between Protesters And Police In Arizona Over SB 1070

Tensions Rise Between Protesters And Police In Arizona Over SB 1070
PHOENIX, AZ - APRIL 25: Protesters opposed to Arizona's Immigration Law SB 1070 march through downtown Phoenix April 25, 2012 in Phoenix, Arizona. Immigrant rights advocates held a day of protest in Phoenix, the same day the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments over Arizona's 2010 immigration enforcement law. (Photo by Jonathan Gibby/Getty Images)
PHOENIX, AZ - APRIL 25: Protesters opposed to Arizona's Immigration Law SB 1070 march through downtown Phoenix April 25, 2012 in Phoenix, Arizona. Immigrant rights advocates held a day of protest in Phoenix, the same day the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments over Arizona's 2010 immigration enforcement law. (Photo by Jonathan Gibby/Getty Images)

The immigration-status checks SB 1070 requires are not always as simple as a request for information sent over the radio.

More and more, police officers are surrounded by activists, many of them holding video recorders and asking a long list of questions.

Frustrated with immigration reform stalled in Congress and increased cooperation between local police and the Border Patrol, immigrant-rights activists have escalated their civil-disobedience campaign. Over the past year, routine news conferences gave way to people lying in the street before the wheels of a Border Patrol vehicle.

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