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The Supreme Court handed down Monday for Arizona and the handful of states that have copied its anti-immigrant law, SB 1070. Striking down three of the four provisions at issue in Arizona v. United States, the Justices affirmed the federal government鈥檚 exclusive role in enforcing immigration law. On the one hand, the Court delivered a significant rebuke to legislators who tried to make being an undocumented immigrant a crime. But on the other hand, the Court let stand the discriminatory 鈥渟how me your papers鈥� provision, or Section 2(B). And while it鈥檚 true that the Court sent a warning that Section 2(B) could still be ruled unconstitutional based on pending challenges (by the 老澳门开奖结果 and other civil rights groups) focused more directly on racial profiling and prolonged detention, it nevertheless has thrown Arizona and other states into chaos by reversing the lower courts鈥� decision to block the 鈥渟how me your papers鈥� law. Arizona officials immediately announced that they would begin enforcing Section 2(B), even though the Supreme Court鈥檚 ruling does not immediately lift the order blocking. The Court鈥檚 decision now sends the case back to the lower district court in Arizona for further proceedings.

Section 2(B) requires law enforcement to verify individuals鈥� immigration status based on 鈥渞easonable suspicion鈥� that they are not in the country lawfully. The intent of this provision (and the rest of SB 1070) is 鈥渁ttrition through enforcement鈥濃�� trying to force immigrants to leave the state through harassment, intimidation and fear. Once in effect, the harmful consequences of this provision will be apparent immediately. As we鈥檝e seen in Alabama, the only state in which a 鈥渟how me your papers鈥� law has gone into effect, racial profiling becomes rampant and discrimination widespread. There is simply no way to enforce this provision without relying on stereotypes and targeting individuals based on how they look and sound.

Echoing that concern Monday, , 鈥淣o American should ever live under a cloud of suspicion just because of what they look like. Going forward, we must ensure that Arizona law enforcement officials do not enforce this law in a manner that undermines the civil rights of Americans, as the Court鈥檚 decision recognizes.鈥�

In response to the Court鈥檚 decision, the 老澳门开奖结果 announced that it had amassed a war chest of nearly $9 million dollars to continue the legal fight against S.B. 1070 and similar laws that have been passed in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and Utah. The 老澳门开奖结果 also pledged to fight anti-immigrant legislation in state legislatures across the country.

So, what鈥檚 next? The 老澳门开奖结果 and its allies will be back in court in Arizona and elsewhere proving that S.B. 1070 and its copycats are unconstitutional because they cannot be enforced without violating our basic civil rights. We have seen enough of immigration enforcement by local law enforcement agencies in Arizona to know that is true. Monday鈥檚 Supreme Court decision only strengthens those arguments.

We will also be gearing up for the legislative battle ahead in states that may be considering enacting their own laws. We are confident on this front. Even before Monday鈥檚 decision, policymakers and lawmakers have rejected immigration policy modeled after SB 1070 with increasing frequency after witnessing the harms these laws have had on state鈥檚 reputations, as well as the devastating economic consequences. With laws like Arizona鈥檚 in effect, crops rot, businesses suffer and communities turn against each other out of fear and suspicion.

On the federal level, we will be pressing the Obama administration to fulfill its promise that immigration enforcement does not become a pretext for discrimination in Arizona and elsewhere.

After the Court鈥檚 decision this week, our task is clear. We will be in the courts, the legislatures, and in the public eye to prove once and for all that these laws are bad policy and fundamentally unconstitutional.

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