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Supreme Court Decision on Arizona Immigration Law Raises Questions About Similar Efforts in Texas

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(David Muto, Texas Tribune)
The U.S. Supreme Court’s mixed Arizona decision on Monday may draw Texas into the center of future immigration debates.

In a long-awaited ruling, the court on Monday delivered a split decision on Arizona’s controversial immigration law, upholding its key provision but striking down three others.

The upheld provision, which fueled much of the long and intense debate over the law, requires police officers to verify the legal status of individuals they stop or arrest. The court invalidated the three other provisions — which would have allowed police to stop and arrest anyone whom they believed to be an illegal immigrant, and penalized immigrants for applying for work and failing to carry proof of legal status — on the grounds that they usurped federal law.

The ruling, though, likely gives other states, like Texas, little latitude to pass controversial immigration legislation of their own. Though the law’s key provision survived, justices said it may undergo further legal scrutiny if civil rights claims over racial profiling arise after the law goes into effect. (Read the full story at the Texas Tribune)

Related Coverage, Analysis, Opinion:
• Arizona Ruling Only a Narrow Opening for Other States (New York Times)
• A Rough Ruling for Immigration Hard-Liners (Washington Post)
• Texans React to SCOTUS Ruling on Arizona Law (Texas Tribune)
• Hart: Texas Immigration Law Looks More Irrelevant After Ruling (Houston Chronicle)

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