On the same day the controversial Arizona Immigration Law went into effect, the Supreme Court granted cert in Candelaria v.
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He was a driving force behind the controversial Arizona immigration law SB1070, which critics say targets Hispanics and will lead to racial profiling.
On his remarks yesterday in the Rose Garden, does he object as strongly to the modified Arizona immigration law as he did to the original one?
With the over-the-top criticisms of the new Arizona immigration law coming from the Mexican president and the Obama Administration (who admit they haven't yet read it), commentators in print, online and on talk radio have used as source material a Center for Security Policy research paper called, "Mexico's Glass House" by Dr. J.
Mica also helped preside over ALEC's passage of the model bill that became the basis of Arizona's immigration law.
She now woos Latinos with Spanish-language ads, opposes Arizona's immigration law and worked behind the scenes to prevent the state's Republican Party from endorsing SB1070.
Obama campaign hands in Chicago and Florida are confident that the GOP's tough talk on immigration policy -- Romney has embraced elements of Arizona's tough immigration law and said he would veto the DREAM Act, for instance -- will push Florida's various Hispanic communities into the Democratic fold in November.
He called part of Arizona's controversial immigration law a model for the rest of the country.
Arizona passed a controversial immigration law in 2010, which the Obama administration quickly challenged.
Gallup, meanwhile, has found no discernible increase in support for the Democrats among Latinos since Arizona adopted its controversial immigration law.
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Arizona's tough new immigration law is being tested not just in court but at the ballot box.
Phoenix (CNN) -- The Supreme Court is poised to decide whether Arizona can enforce its controversial immigration law over the strong objections of the Obama administration.
When he entered the Senate, he expressed support for the ghastly immigration law in Arizona, which has served as a recipe for racial profiling of Latinos.
If, as DOJ argued in Williamson, a determination by federal officials that a specific regulation is unwarranted under federal law does not mean that states are barred from adopting the same regulation, then the Arizona immigration statutes cannot be deemed to conflict with federal law.
And that stands in contrast with the other candidate who has said he would veto the DREAM Act, that he is uncertain about what his plan for immigration reform would be, and who considers the Arizona law a model for the nation and has suggested that the main solution for immigration is self-deportation.
Mr Obama has struggled to fight off new restrictions, like Arizona's harsh state law on immigration.
President Barack Obama's recent move to halt deportations of some DREAM Act-eligible immigrants and Monday's Supreme Court ruling against key provisions of the Arizona law brought fresh attention to immigration issues, causing obvious discomfort in the Romney camp.
Defenders of Arizona's harsh new anti-immigration law are going on the offensive: They are fanning out on TV, radio talk shows and newspaper columns arguing that there is nothing nefarious about this law because all it does is help Uncle Sam enforce its existing laws.
Elsewhere, in the Cesar Chavez Building, graduate student Francisco Baires sits in a windowless office that could have been a closet in a previous life, immersed in a different kind of work: He is sending a statement condemning Arizona's new anti-illegal immigration law to the media and other opponents of Senate Bill 1070.
The day before, Romney spokesman Rick Gorka repeatedly stuck to noncommittal responses when grilled for several minutes about the candidate's stance on a controversial provision in the Arizona law requiring police to check the immigration status of crime suspects.
His top advisor on immigration is the guy who designed the Arizona law, the entirety of it.
And also on Arizona, after you have criticized so much the immigration law that has been approved there, would you support the boycott that some organizations are calling towards that state?
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Mr Calderon said he "strongly" disagreed with a new Arizona law requiring police officers to check the immigration status of people whom they have stopped while enforcing other laws, if they suspect they are in the country illegally.
Among them is one on Arizona's hugely controversial law aimed at curbing illegal immigration.
Pearce was the driving force behind SB1070, the controversial anti-immigration bill signed into law last year by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer.
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Two and a half years after LAWA was passed, Arizona created a more controversial law called SB 1070 to enforce immigration laws outside of the workplace.
Already, two employer groups, the Arizona Contractors Association and the Arizona Employers for Immigration Reform, have filed suit in federal court to block the new law, asserting, among other things, that it denies employers due process and is pre-empted by federal laws.
And who can forget Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who last year, in trying to push a controversial immigration law, said law enforcement officials found headless bodies in the desert, the work of a Mexican cartel.
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