New Immigration Law: Labour Activists

Illegal Immigrants Dept: Hispanic and labour activists, delighted by Wednesday's last-minute ruling, pushed ahead with protests in central Phoenix, chanting, banging drums and blocking a street to challenge the law's remaining measures aimed at illegal immigrants, according to Montreal Gazette. Arizona Governor Jan Brewer was expected to file an appeal to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco yesterday to reinstate the provisions, heralding a long legal fight that is expected to reach the United States Supreme Court and police arrested at least 30 protesters who took to the streets of Phoenix yesterday after the state of Arizona adopted a new immigration law, even though its most intrusive provisions had already been blocked by the courts. Tensions over the law inflamed a national debate over immigration, which has festered for decades and promises to play into the elections in November, when President Barack Obama's Democrats will fight to retain control of Congress. As reported in the news.
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