Professors: Arizona law passes constitutional test

By Leslie Berestein, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Friday, May 14, 2010 at 12:04 a.m.

A panel of three law professors discussing Arizona’s anti-illegal immigration law Thursday at UCSD concurred that the law could well pass constitutional muster, although violations could occur as police officers enforce it.

The measure was signed into law last month by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer. Among other things, it empowers local police to check a person’s immigration status if there is reasonable suspicion the person is in the country illegally and forbids agencies from adopting so-called “sanctuaryâ€