Arizona's SB 1070
Arizona's SB 1070
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the most hotly disputed part of Arizona’s anti-immigrant law, S.B. 1070, which requires police to determine the immigration status of someone arrested or detained when there is “reasonable suspicion” they are not in the U.S. legally. The ACLU, along with a coalition of civil rights organizations, will continue to challenge the Arizona law on other constitutional grounds.
SB1070 at the Supreme Court: Most Recent Updates »
After SB 1070 passed in 2010, two dozen copycat bills were introduced in state legislatures across the country; five passed in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and Utah. The ACLU and a coalition of civil rights organizations have filed lawsuits in all six states.
Laws inspired by Arizona's SB 1070 invite rampant racial profiling against Latinos, Asian-Americans and others presumed to be "foreign" based on how they look or sound. They also authorize police to demand papers proving citizenship or immigration status from anyone they stop and suspect of being in the country unlawfully.
Today, the political tide is turning against immigration policy modeled after SB 1070. After observing the widespread harms caused by these laws, legislators in Mississippi, Virginia, Kansas and many other states are distancing themselves from this discriminatory model.
Arizona's new law is a watershed moment for its blatant disregard of America's most fundamental values of fairness and equality. ACLU legal teams are preparing to challenge it on constitutional grounds.
» Case: Challenging the Law
» Release: ACLU And Civil Rights Groups File Legal Challenge To Arizona Racial Profiling Law
» More: Plaintiffs Challenging SB 1070
» Video: Q & A With Alessandra Soler Meetze
» FAQ: Arizona's Racial Profiling Law (en Español)
» FAQ: Update on Legal Challenges (1/25/2011)
» Infographic: What's At Stake: SB 1070 at the Supreme Court
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