Immigration Fight Echoes Health-Care Case at High Court
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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear echoes of its health-care arguments as it reviews Arizona’s illegal-immigrant crackdown, a law that inspired similar moves across the country and sparked a confrontation with President Barack Obama.
Like last month’s debate over health care, the immigration case set for argument today pits the federal government against the states over their respective spheres of power. Politics envelops the case, with Republican-controlled states backing Arizona against the Obama administration.