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    Arizona Sets Off Another Immigration Dust Up

    Efforts to close the border in Texas and California have pushed more illegal crossings to Arizona, creating high anxiety in the southern part of that state. After years of frustration, Arizona has enacted a tough new law that requires local police to detain anyone they suspect of being in the country illegally.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Efforts to close the border in Texas and California have pushed more illegal crossings to Arizona, creating high anxiety in the southern part of that state. After years of frustration, Arizona has enacted a tough new law that requires local police to detain anyone they suspect of being in the country illegally. The law won't go into effect until this summer, but it's already ignited political fireworks from Washington to Mexico City. Two presidents and countless other officials are for and against the measure, but nobody expects any action from Congress in an election year. Today court challenges are being announced based on civil rights and the federal supremacy clause of the Constitution. With more than 10 million undocumented workers in the US already and more on the way, questions are being raised that have no easy answers.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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      Tucson Weekly

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      President, MUND Americas

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      Los Angeles-based national political reporter for the New York Times

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    2 of 3
    Arizona, the Latest Battleground over Illegal Immigration
    1. 0:00White House Steps Up Involvement in Oil Spill
    2. 7:08Arizona Sets Off Another Immigration Dust UpYou’re reading this
    3. 43:02Greece's Debt Crisis and the US
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