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Monday, June 25, 2012  Supreme Court strikes down key provisions, but not the 'papers please' portion of the Arizona law

Friday, May 11, 2012  Federal officials sue Arizona sheriff Arpaio over allegations of racial profiling of Latinos

Tuesday, January 03, 2012  Updated with video; Under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act private companies with 500 employees or more are required to use the federal E-Verify system.

Monday, December 12, 2011  Supreme Court has chance to jump into legal fight over state laws targeting illegal immigrants

Friday, September 30, 2011  Alabama immigration law kicks in, but authorities still need guidance, money to enforce it

Thursday, May 26, 2011  Supreme Court upholds Arizona law punishing employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants

Thursday, April 14, 2011  Arizona law makes the failure to carry immigration documents a crime. We asked some local citizens for their take on whether or not Georgia needs a similar law.

Monday, January 31, 2011  A new report says illegal immigrants who commit even minor offenses are being turned over to federal authorities for deportation by local law enforcement.

Monday, August 02, 2010  President Barack Obama says he agrees that more control must be exerted over illegal immigration, but he won't accept "a patchwork of 50 different states" acting on their own.

Friday, July 30, 2010  Arizona’s law went into effect Thursday, but without the controversial provision requiring officers to check a person's immigration status when enforcing other laws.

Friday, July 30, 2010  Nowhere in the U.S. is local enforcement more present than in metropolitan Phoenix, where Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio routinely carries out sweeps, some in Hispanic neighborhoods, to arrest illegal immigrants.

Thursday, July 29, 2010  Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests Thursday despite a judge's ruling that delayed enforcement of most of the law, and about 50 people in Phoenix were arrested after peacefully confronting officers in riot gear.

Thursday, July 29, 2010  States that had been watching Arizona's immigration law in hopes of copying it received a rude awakening when a judge put most of the measure on hold.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010  A federal judge dealt a serious rebuke to Arizona's immigration law on Wednesday when she put most of the crackdown on hold just hours before it was to take effect.

Monday, July 26, 2010  The federal government is rapidly expanding a program to identify illegal immigrants using fingerprints from arrests, drawing opposition from local authorities and advocates who argue the initiative amounts to an excessive dragnet.