Supreme Court takes up Arizona immigration law
by Mark Sherman
Associated Press
April 25, 2012 12:24 PM | 287 views | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Leonida Martinez, left, from Phoenix, Ariz., and others, take part in a demonstration in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, April 25, 2012, as the court questions Arizona's "show me your papers" immigration law . (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Supreme Court appears ready to allow Arizona to enforce a state law provision that requires police officers to check the immigration status of people they think are in the country illegally.

The justices strongly suggested Wednesday that they are not buying the Obama administration’s argument that the state exceeded its authority when it made the records check part of a controversial state law aimed at driving illegal immigrants out of the state.

It was unclear what the court would do with other aspects of the law that have been put on hold by lower federal courts.

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