Parts of Arizona’s immigration law were blocked from taking effect July 28 by a federal judge.
The overall law will still take effect July 29, but without certain provisions including sections that required officers to check a person’s immigration status while enforcing other laws.
Parts of the law that required immigrants to carry their papers at all times, and made it illegal for undocumented workers to solicit employment in public places were also blocked. The judge also blocked officers from making arrests of suspected illegal immigrants without warrants.
U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled that the sections should be put on hold until the courts resolve the issues. Other provisions of the law, many of them procedural and some with slight revisions to existing Arizona immigration statute, will go into effect at 12:01 a.m.
The ruling came as protesters planned large demonstrations to speak out against the measure.
Federal authorities trying to overturn the law have argued that the Arizona law would create a collage of immigration laws nationwide, complicating foreign relations of the United States.
