Arizona immigration protesters hit the streets
Dozens are arrested during a march in Phoenix as Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio plans raids of immigrant neighborhoods. Meanwhile, the state appeals an injunction against key parts of the new law.
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By Anna Gorman and Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times
July 30, 2010
Reporting from Phoenix ? Hundreds of marchers protesting Arizona's hard-line stance against illegal immigration took to the streets Thursday even as the local sheriff launched raids to arrest illegal migrants ? vivid signs that the court ruling stopping most of a controversial state law will not quell the furious debate over immigration here.
And as expected, the state swiftly appealed the ruling by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton, who on Wednesday temporarily halted key parts of the law one day before they were to take effect.
The protesters began marching well before dawn, fanning out across the city, staging acts of civil disobedience and arguing that Arizona remains inhospitable to immigrants. Dozens of protesters were arrested.
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Dozens are arrested during a march in Phoenix as Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio plans raids of immigrant neighborhoods. Meanwhile, the state appeals an injunction against key parts of the new law.
Forklift not in photo :0008
By Anna Gorman and Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times
July 30, 2010
Reporting from Phoenix ? Hundreds of marchers protesting Arizona's hard-line stance against illegal immigration took to the streets Thursday even as the local sheriff launched raids to arrest illegal migrants ? vivid signs that the court ruling stopping most of a controversial state law will not quell the furious debate over immigration here.
And as expected, the state swiftly appealed the ruling by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton, who on Wednesday temporarily halted key parts of the law one day before they were to take effect.
The protesters began marching well before dawn, fanning out across the city, staging acts of civil disobedience and arguing that Arizona remains inhospitable to immigrants. Dozens of protesters were arrested.
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