Arizona's tough new immigration law is being tested not just in court but at the ballot box.
Distressed by America's inability to rescue Hungary, President Dwight Eisenhower used a new immigration law to allow 38, 000 of them to come to America.
She has pushed for strong border enforcement but been a vocal critic of her state's popular but controversial new immigration law, calling the measure divisive and ineffective.
The judgment came as a surprise because the justices had specifically refused to hear arguments on the First Amendment aspect of the complicated case, and instead said they would rule only on narrower procedural questions arising out of the tough new immigration law passed in 1996.
Defenders of Arizona's harsh new anti-immigration law are going on the offensive: They are fanning out on TV, radio talk shows and newspaper columns arguing that there is nothing nefarious about this law because all it does is help Uncle Sam enforce its existing laws.
The new charges of breaking immigration law come two days after the Attorney General's Office declined to authorise his prosecution.
It is unclear how the new law will curb illegal immigration.
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Mr Calderon said he "strongly" disagreed with a new Arizona law requiring police officers to check the immigration status of people whom they have stopped while enforcing other laws, if they suspect they are in the country illegally.
Since June 1st almost 500 people have been taken in by Italy (although, under the new law, they now risk prosecution for illegal immigration).
Mr Obama has struggled to fight off new restrictions, like Arizona's harsh state law on immigration.
Dr. Michael Minkenberg, a professor of political science at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) who has also taught at New York, Cornell and Columbia universities, said concern over immigration, law and order "and the feeling that things aren't what they used to be any more" are at the heart of support for Europe's radical right.
Already, two employer groups, the Arizona Contractors Association and the Arizona Employers for Immigration Reform, have filed suit in federal court to block the new law, asserting, among other things, that it denies employers due process and is pre-empted by federal laws.
Michael Minkenberg, a professor of political science at Germany's European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) who has also taught at New York, Cornell and Columbia universities, said he sees concern over immigration, law and order "and the feeling that things aren't what they used to be any more" as being at the heart of support for Europe's radical right.
Margaret Stock, a member of the U.S. Army Reserves who teaches immigration law at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, said she believes there should be an overall policy dealing with the potential deportation of family members of active duty military members.
By relying on the controversial program Secure Communities, which requires local police to submit to federal officials the fingerprints of anyone they arrest who they suspect is in the country illegally, his administration roped local police into the enforcement of federal immigration law over the objections of prominent Democrats such as Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
What about this story that we, we mentioned earlier on today, the story about 100, 000 new, Labour to invite a 100, 000 foreigners a year into UK, ministers announce sweeping changes in immigration law to attract workers because we're short because of a severe skills shortage among British workers, is that a good idea?
We also discussed the new law in Arizona, which is a misdirected effort -- a misdirected expression of frustration over our broken immigration system, and which has raised concerns in both our countries.
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"This year it seems like there is a political opening and a new view of the issue that has taken hold, " said Tanya Broder, senior staff attorney with the National Immigration Law Center, who cited the ongoing debate in Washington about legislation that would change national immigration policy.
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