S1070: what’s blocked, what’s not

U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton on July 28 temporarily suspended major portions of Arizona’s new immigration law. Here’s a breakdown of the provisions of S1070 that are blocked, and which parts will take effect July 29.

Prohibits enforcement of:

Portions of Section 2 requiring officers to 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 U.S. and requiring verification of the immigration status of any person arrested prior to releasing that person

Section 3 creating a crime for the failure to apply for or carry documentation of legal residency

Portions of Section 5 creating a crime for an illegal immigrant to solicit, apply for or perform work

Section 6 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 U.S.

Allows enforcement of:

Portions of Section 2 prohibiting Arizona officials, agencies and political subdivisions from limiting enforcement of federal immigration laws; requiring state officials to work with federal officials with regard to illegal immigrants; allowing legal residents to sue any state official, agency or political subdivision for adopting a policy of restricting enforcement of federal immigration laws to less than the full extent permitted by federal law

Section 4 amending the crime of human smuggling

Portions of Section 5 creating a crime for stopping a motor vehicle to pick up day laborers and for day laborers to get in a motor vehicle if it impedes the normal movement of traffic; and creating a separate crime for a person in violation of a criminal offense to transport or harbor an illegal immigrant or encourage an illegal immigrant to come to or live in Arizona.

Section 7 amending the crime of knowing employment of illegal immigrants

Section 8 amending the crime of intentional employment of illegal immigrants

Section 9 amending the requirements for checking employment eligibility

Section 10 amending the provisions for the removal or impoundment of a vehicle to permit impoundment of vehicles used in the transporting or harboring of illegal immigrants

Section 11 creating the gang and immigration intelligence team enforcement mission fund

Sections 12 and 13 administering S1070

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Click here to read the order from Bolton.