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In a huge legal victory for opponents of the law, a federal district judge in Phoenix has blocked key portions of SB1070, the tough new
immigration law scheduled to take effect at midnight tonight.

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, in an interview with Fox 11 reporter Delane Cleveland moments after the ruling was issued, called it a "bump in the
road".

'It's a temporary bump in the road'
Lawyers for the state contend the law was a constitutionally sound attempt by Arizona — the busiest illegal gateway into the country — to
assist federal immigration agents and lessen border woes such as the
heavy costs for educating, jailing and providing health care for illegal
immigrants.

"It's a temporary bump in the road, we will move forward, and I'm sure that after consultation with our counsel we will appeal," Brewer told the Associated Press. "The bottom line is we've known all along
that it is the responsibility of the feds and they haven't done their
job so we were going to help them do that."

The ruling came just as police were making last-minute preparations to begin enforcement of the law and protesters were planning large demonstrations to speak out against the measure. At least one group
planned to block access to federal offices, daring officers to ask them
about their immigration status.

Judge Susan Bolton

Judge Susan Bolton issued her ruling this morning after presiding over three hearings of legal challenges last week.

The law will still take effect Thursday, but without many of the
provisions that angered opponents -- including sections that required
officers to check a person's immigration status while enforcing other
laws. The judge also put on hold a part of the law that required
immigrants to carry their papers at all times, and made it illegal for
undocumented workers to solicit employment in public places. Judge
Bolton put those controversial sections on hold until the courts resolve
the issues.

Opponents say the law will lead to racial profiling and is trumped by federal immigration law.

The judge said Arizona's interest do not "trump" the right of the federal government to manage immigration issues.

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard

First reaction to the ruling came from Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, generally expected to be Governor Jan Brewer's opponent in the
November general election in the race for Governor. Goddard said, "Jan
Brewer played politics with immigration, and she lost. Rather than
providing the leadership Arizona needs to solve the immigration problem,
Jan Brewer signed a bill she could not defend in court which has led to
boycotts, jeopardized our tourism industry and polarized our state."

State Senator Russell Pearce of Mesa, who sponsored the legislation in
the Arizona Legislature, told reporters immediately after the ruling
that the state will appeal "immediately".

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The law, designed to seek and deport illegal immigrants in a state that is the principal gateway for illegal border crossers, had provoked intense debate from coast to coast, drawing support in several polls but generating boycotts of the state by major civil rights groups and several cities and towns.

It renewed calls for an overhaul of federal immigration law and led to repeated rebukes of it from President Obama and Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who maintained that immigration policy is under the purview of the
federal government, not individual states. The Mexican government,
joined by seven other Latin American nations, supported one of the
lawsuits against the law; the attorneys general of several states backed
Arizona.

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“This fight is far from over,” said Ms. Brewer, whose lawyers had argued that Congress granted states the power to enforce immigration law particularly when, in their view, the federal government fell short. “In
fact,” she added, “it is just the beginning, and at the end of what is
certain to be a long legal struggle, Arizona will prevail in its right
to protect our citizens.”