Arizona Daily Star (AP): Obama calls Ariz. immigration bill ‘misguided,’ vows review (April 23, 2010)
Reference Frame: “PHOENIX – President Barack Obama called an Arizona immigration bill “misguided” Friday and said it could violate people’s civil rights, intensifying pressure on the state’s Republican governor to veto the nation’s toughest legislation against illegal immigration.”
Explanatory Frame: “The sweeping measure would make it a crime under state law to be in the country illegally. It would also require local police officers to question people about their immigration status if there is reason to suspect they are in the country illegally.”
Arizona Republic (Editorial): Arizona immigration law: History, background (April 23, 2010)
Reference Frame: “Arizona has about 460,000 undocumented immigrants, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Currently, immigration offenses are violations of federal law, something most local law-enforcement agencies cannot enforce.”
Explanatory Frame: “Sen. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, has been working with groups across the state and nation for years to craft legislation that would toughen enforcement of illegal immigration in the state. The new law is the result of those efforts, and something he calls the “Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act…The law is the latest in a string of legislation intended to drive illegal immigrants out of Arizona by making life tougher for them through a policy known as enforcement through attrition.”
Arizona Republic: Arizona immigration bill: Mayor Gordon says Phoenix may sue (April 23, 2010)
Reference Frame: “Thrusting Arizona’s largest city into the immigration debate, Mayor Phil Gordon on Friday said Phoenix may file a lawsuit to halt the toughest law in the nation targeting illegal immigration.”
Explanatory Frame: “The legislation, signed by Gov. Jan Brewer on Friday, makes it a state crime to be in the country illegally and requires local police to enforce federal immigration laws, among other things.”
Arizona Republic: Court fight looms on new immigration law (April 25, 2010)
Reference Frame: “With Arizona’s controversial immigration-enforcement bill now law, the battle will quickly shift from the state Capitol to the courts, where opponents plan to challenge it as an unconstitutional intrusion on federal authority and a violation of civil rights.”
Explanatory Frame: “Under the tough new law, which goes into effect 90 days after the legislative session ends, it will be a state crime for undocumented immigrants to be in Arizona. It is the only state with such a law.”
Arizona Republic: Mayor Gordon backs off vote to sue Arizona over immigration (April 27, 2010)
Reference Frame: “Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon on Tuesday conceded he didn’t have enough City Council support to mount a legal challenge to the new Arizona immigration law but said the city charter gave him the authority to sue the state on behalf of the city. And later Tuesday evening, the Flagstaff City Council also was expected to discuss filing a lawsuit to block the law.”
Explanatory Frame: “The legislation, signed into law Friday by Gov. Jan Brewer, makes it a state crime to be in the country illegally. It also requires police to determine an individual’s immigration status if there is reasonable suspicion that person is in the country illegally.”
Arizona Republic: Flagstaff joins Phoenix in reviewing immigration legal options (April 27, 2010)
Reference Frame: “As Phoenix and other cities examine the impact of Senate Bill 1070 on budget-stressed local police departments, the Flagstaff City Council will discuss the city’s legal options to defend itself against the new law.”
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Arizona Republic: Arizona immigration law: Mayor Gordon still pushing lawsuit (April 28, 2010)
Reference Frame: “Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon said Tuesday he will bypass the City Council and invoke a section of the city charter that gives him the power to sue the state in an effort to block Arizona’s new immigration law.”
Explanatory Frame: “The bill signed Friday by Gov. Jan Brewer makes it a crime to be in the state illegally. The law also requires local police to check the immigration status of suspected undocumented immigrants.”
Arizona Republic (AP): Arizona immigration law: Clergy group to file lawsuit (April 28, 2010)
Reference Frame: “PHOENIX – A Latino clergy group says it will file the first lawsuit challenging Arizona’s tough new law targeting illegal immigration. The National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders plans to file the suit Thursday in federal court in Phoenix.”
Explanatory Frame: None
Arizona Daily Star: Tucson cop first to sue to block AZ immigration law (April 29, 2010)
Reference Frame: “A Tucson police officer has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Arizona’s new immigration law, claiming the legislation will hinder police investigations in Hispanic-prevalent areas.”
Explanatory Frame: “The suit also claims the new law, which Gov. Jan Brewer signed on April 23, violates several constitutional rights and also violates federal law because the Tucson Police Department and the city have no authority to perform immigration duties.”
Arizona Daily Star (Capitol Media Services): 2 lawsuits challenge Arizona’s immigration law (April 29, 2010)
Reference Frame: “PHOENIX – The first two challenges to Arizona’s new law aimed at illegal immigrants were filed Thursday. Attorneys for the National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders charged in U.S. District Court in Phoenix that the measure, signed less than a week earlier by Gov. Jan Brewer, illegally puts the state in the business of enforcing federal immigration laws.”
Explanatory Frame: “The measure specifically requires police, when practicable, to check the immigration status of those with whom they have official contact if there is “reasonable suspicion” they are in this country illegally. That, he said, opens the door to racial profiling.”
Nogales International: Immigration law exposes county to lawsuit blitz (April 30, 2010)
Reference Frame: “A provision in Arizona’s new immigration law that allows people to sue local agencies for not vigorously enforcing the measure could cost the county – and its taxpayers – big bucks, says County Attorney George Silva. The county currently pays an insurance pool to cover it against lawsuits, Silva says. But a flurry of suits against the Sheriff’s Office or the County Attorney’s Office could drive up the cost of that insurance – or cause the county to lose its coverage altogether.”
Explanatory Frame: Spread throughout the article
Arizona Republic: Arizona immigration law hit with its first 3 lawsuits (April 30, 2010)
Reference Frame: “As protests to Arizona’s new illegal-immigration law continued Thursday – spurred on by the attendance of music stars Shakira and Linda Ronstadt – the first three lawsuits challenging the law’s constitutionality were filed in federal court. Other groups promised their legal challenges would not be far behind.”
Explanatory Frame: “More threats of boycotts were issued from across the country, while a new poll suggested that just over half of Americans support the law that makes it a state crime to be in the country illegally and requires local police to enforce federal immigration laws.”
Arizona Daily Star: US lawyers look at AZ’s immigration law (April 30, 2010)
Reference Frame: “WASHINGTON – A team of top government lawyers has quietly begun studying legal strategies for the Obama administration to mount a challenge to Arizona’s new illegal immigration law, including the filing of a federal lawsuit against the state or joining a suit brought by others who believe the bill unfairly targets Latinos.”
Explanatory Frame: “Obama said Wednesday that the law, which allows police to demand proof of citizenship, threatens the “core values that we all care about.”
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