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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer slams 'foreign interference' in immigration lawsuit


Jan Brewer is asking a federal court to disallow foreign governments from joining the federal lawsuit. | AP Photo Close

By SCOTT WONG | 10/6/10 9:57 AM EDT Updated: 10/6/10 4:08 PM EDT
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In a new twist in the fight over Arizona’s immigration law, Republican Gov. Jan Brewer on Tuesday asked a federal court to disallow foreign governments from joining the U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit to overturn the law.

The move comes in response to a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling issued Monday, allowing nearly a dozen Latin American countries — Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru and Chile — to submit friend-of-the-court briefs in Justice’s challenge to SB 1070, which Brewer signed into law in April and is considered one of the nation’s toughest immigration-enforcement measures. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36283.html

“As do many citizens, I find it incredibly offensive that these foreign governments are using our court system to meddle in a domestic legal dispute and to oppose the rule of law,â€