Arizona immigration law could overwhelm state's court system

pinboy3niner

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Wed Jun-16-10 08:46 AM
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Arizona immigration law could overwhelm state's court system

Arizona immigration law could overwhelm state's court system, attorneys say
by J. Craig Anderson - Jun. 15, 2010 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic

Arizona's impending crackdown on illegal immigrants has the potential to overwhelm the state's court system with criminal and civil cases once enforcement begins, Arizona immigration attorneys Maria V. Jones and Kara Hartzler said.
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Jones and Hartzler said SB 1070's implementation will create the legal-system equivalent of stepping into a minefield.
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"We already have a backlog of cases," Jones said. "I think it's going to triple."
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If police are too aggressive about detaining people who lack proof of citizenship, as they would be authorized to do, it's inevitable that they would end up arresting and holding a number of U.S. citizens, which Hartzler said is bound to generate wrongful-arrest lawsuits.

http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2010/06/15/20100615arizona-immigration-law-may-overwhelm-court-system.html

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Wed Jun-16-10 08:50 AM
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1. Gee, Arizona will have to raise... TAXES... to cover their increased spending for GOPs stupid law

Arizona voters will LOVE that, won't they?

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Wed Jun-16-10 08:51 AM
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2. Tsk, tsk...

:nopity:

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Wed Jun-16-10 09:01 AM
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3. Guess they didn't think of that

I'm also curious how they are going to determine who is legal and who isn't - there is a complex body of federal law on that which somehow I bet they are not familiar with.

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