AP / Yahoo News: Arizona's immigrant smuggling law struck down - "Bolton marked the latest in a string of restrictions placed by the courts on Arizona's effort to get local police to confront illegal immigration."

AP / Yahoo News: Arizona's immigrant smuggling law struck down

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PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge has struck down Arizona's 2005 immigrant smuggling law on the grounds that it's trumped by federal statutes.

The ruling Friday by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton marked the latest in a string of restrictions placed by the courts on Arizona's effort to get local police to confront illegal immigration.

Bolton ruled the state law deprives federal authorities of their exclusive right to prosecute smuggling crimes. ...

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