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Court asked to bar piece of Ariz. immigration law
Source: Associated Press
Court asked to bar piece of Ariz. immigration law
AP foreign, Wednesday April 3 2013
JASON DEAREN
Associated Press= SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The federal government argued Tuesday that a section of Arizona's 2010 immigration law that prohibits "harboring" people living in the country illegally should be blocked.
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments from attorneys over a section of the state's law that penalizes those who give rides to, house or otherwise "harbor" people in the country illegally.
The harboring law was in effect from July 2010 until a lower court last year barred police from enforcing it. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has asked the 9th Circuit to overturn the lower court's ruling.
Lawyers for Brewer say the law applies only to people violating other criminal laws who also are harboring someone in the U.S. illegally, and it doesn't conflict with federal immigration laws.
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AP foreign, Wednesday April 3 2013
JASON DEAREN
Associated Press= SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The federal government argued Tuesday that a section of Arizona's 2010 immigration law that prohibits "harboring" people living in the country illegally should be blocked.
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments from attorneys over a section of the state's law that penalizes those who give rides to, house or otherwise "harbor" people in the country illegally.
The harboring law was in effect from July 2010 until a lower court last year barred police from enforcing it. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has asked the 9th Circuit to overturn the lower court's ruling.
Lawyers for Brewer say the law applies only to people violating other criminal laws who also are harboring someone in the U.S. illegally, and it doesn't conflict with federal immigration laws.
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