Arizona Files Claims Against U.S. in Immigration Suit
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Arizona filed counterclaims against the U.S. in the federal government’s lawsuit challenging a state law that requires police to determine the immigration status of people stopped for questioning.
Arizona Governor Janice Brewer, in a filing today in federal court in Phoenix, accuses the U.S. government of failing to maintain operational control of the state’s border with Mexico, failing to protect it from invasion and violence and failing to enforce federal immigration laws.