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Ariz. governor to file brief in immigration battle

PHOENIX (AP) -- Gov. Jan Brewer's lawyers on Thursday plan to file the first brief in their appeal of a ruling that put the most controversial elements of Arizona's new immigration law on hold.

Brewer wants the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to reverse the ruling U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton made last month.

The governor's office says Bolton abused her discretion by applying the wrong legal standards and basing her ruling on the federal government's speculation that it would be harmed by Arizona's law. Brewer says the judge ignored key provisions of federal law that allow states to enforce immigration law.

The U.S. Justice Department went to court in a bid to invalidate the law.

The Justice Department had no immediate comment Thursday.

The governor faces a Thursday deadline for filing the brief but hadn't done so by early afternoon.

Bolton blocked provisions of the law that requires immigrants to obtain or carry immigration registration papers and that require police, while enforcing other laws, to question people's immigration status if there is a reasonable suspicion they're in the country illegally.

But the judge let other portions take effect late last month, such a ban on blocking traffic when people seek or offer day-labor services on streets, and amendments to existing state immigration laws.

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Ariz. governor to file brief in immigration battle

PHOENIX (AP) -- Gov. Jan Brewer's lawyers on Thursday plan to file the first brief in their appeal of a ruling that put the most controversial elements of Arizona's new immigration law on hold.

Brewer wants the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to reverse the ruling U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton made last month.

The governor's office says Bolton abused her discretion by applying the wrong legal standards and basing her ruling on the federal government's speculation that it would be harmed by Arizona's law. Brewer says the judge ignored key provisions of federal law that allow states to enforce immigration law.

The U.S. Justice Department went to court in a bid to invalidate the law.

The Justice Department had no immediate comment Thursday.

The governor faces a Thursday deadline for filing the brief but hadn't done so by early afternoon.

Bolton blocked provisions of the law that requires immigrants to obtain or carry immigration registration papers and that require police, while enforcing other laws, to question people's immigration status if there is a reasonable suspicion they're in the country illegally.

But the judge let other portions take effect late last month, such a ban on blocking traffic when people seek or offer day-labor services on streets, and amendments to existing state immigration laws.

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WAY TO GO GOV Jan Brewer we are with you 100 % come all you other State let go this Is our country

"The U.S. Justice Department" went to court in a bid to invalidate the law.
The U.S. Justice Department has the foul stench of the ACLU these
days.

Brewer filed the appeal.

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Arizona Files Argument Against Immigration Ruling
August 26, 2010, 9:28 PM EDT

Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) -- A federal court ruling that blocks provisions of an Arizona law requiring police to determine the immigration status of people stopped for questioning should be thrown out, the state argued to an appeals court.

Lawyers for Arizona told the U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco that the Justice Department, which sued to block the state’s law, failed to demonstrate the federal government’s right to stop it from enforcing the statute. The appeal is scheduled to be argued the first week of November.

“The Arizona Legislature carefully craftedâ€

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Will John McCain 'cross-the-aisle' on this?

YOU GO ARIZONA!! And keep John McCain's feet to the fire. Don't give him an inch to wiggle out of his published support for your new immigration law.

Arizona brief: judge made 'serious errors' in blocking SB 1070
Lawyers for Gov. Jan Brewer have filed a legal brief to a federal appeals court. They are seeking to have the injunction against key parts of the Arizona immigration law, SB 1070, lifted.

By Warren Richey, Staff Wwriter / August 27, 2010

A federal judge in Phoenix made “serious errorsâ€