WTF?  I don’t get it because the last fifty years, federal law has required them to carry their green cards at all times.  Do they not have to do this any longer?  Shoot, I have to carry insurance cards, licenses, etc.  I say Arizona go for it, let the SCOTUS decide after the fact.  I foresee papers being filed now.

The judge also put on hold a part of the law that required immigrants to carry their papers at all times, and made it illegal for undocumented workers to solicit employment in public places.

U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton put those controversial sections on hold until the courts resolve the issues.

Sections of S.B. 1070 that Bolton says are preempted by federal law:

Portion of Section 2 of S.B. 1070

A.R.S. § 11-1051(B): requiring that an officer make a reasonable attempt to determine the immigration status of a person stopped, detained or arrested if there is a reasonable suspicion that the person is unlawfully present in the United States, and requiring verification of the immigration status of any person arrested prior to releasing that person

Section 3 of S.B. 1070

A.R.S. § 13-1509: creating a crime for the failure to apply for or carry alien registration papers

Portion of Section 5 of S.B. 1070

A.R.S. § 13-2928(C): creating a crime for an unauthorized alien to solicit, apply for, or perform work

Section 6 of S.B. 1070

A.R.S. § 13-3883(A)(5): authorizing the warrantless arrest of a person where there is probable cause to believe the person has committed a public offense that makes the person removable from the United States.

U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton presided over two federal hearings last Thursday, including a request from the U.S. Justice Department for a preliminary injunction blocking key sections of the law from taking effect.

via Federal judge rules on Arizona’s immigration law. 

Shout out to the feds…enforce the law so that the states don’t have to do your dirty work!

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