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Friday, June 07, 2013  Arizona sheriff who led way for local police in immigration enforcement reconsiders crackdowns

Monday, June 25, 2012  Gov. Susana Martinez says she never supported neighboring Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants but understands the "frustration felt by Arizonans" due to the lack of federal action on immigration reform.

Monday, June 25, 2012  Texas Gov. Rick Perry says he'll keep pushing state lawmakers to pass a bill allowing police to ask anyone they stop about their immigration status.

Monday, June 25, 2012  Supreme Court strikes down key provisions, but not the 'papers please' portion of the Arizona law

Friday, May 11, 2012  Federal officials sue Arizona sheriff Arpaio over allegations of racial profiling of Latinos

Monday, December 12, 2011  Supreme Court has chance to jump into legal fight over state laws targeting illegal immigrants

Friday, September 30, 2011  Alabama immigration law kicks in, but authorities still need guidance, money to enforce it

Thursday, May 26, 2011  Supreme Court upholds Arizona law punishing employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants

Tuesday, October 05, 2010  A new poll  found that 55 percent of Texans would support a state measure similar to the one in Arizona to crack down on illegal immigration.

Sunday, September 26, 2010  More than half of the registered voters in Texas back enacting legislation similar to Arizona's that would crack down on illegal immigrants, according to a poll for five major Texas newspapers.

Monday, August 02, 2010  President Barack Obama says he agrees that more control must be exerted over illegal immigration, but he won't accept "a patchwork of 50 different states" acting on their own.

Friday, July 30, 2010  Nowhere in the U.S. is local enforcement more present than in metropolitan Phoenix, where Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio routinely carries out sweeps, some in Hispanic neighborhoods, to arrest illegal immigrants.

Thursday, July 29, 2010  It's the talk of the nation. Parts of Arizona's controversial immigration law went into effect Thursday.

Thursday, July 29, 2010  Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests Thursday despite a judge's ruling that delayed enforcement of most of the law, and about 50 people in Phoenix were arrested after peacefully confronting officers in riot gear.

Thursday, July 29, 2010  States that had been watching Arizona's immigration law in hopes of copying it received a rude awakening when a judge put most of the measure on hold.