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Seventh lawsuit filed over Ariz. immigration law
Posted: 07.10.2010 at 2:57 PM
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A seventh challenge to block enforcement of Arizona's tough new immigration law has been filed.

PHOENIX (AP) -- The lawsuit was filed Friday in federal court and is the first legal objection to training materials designed to teach Arizona police officers how to enforce the new law, set to go into effect July 29.

The lawsuit's filers, including the League of United Latin American Citizens, say that the training materials are "so vague and ill-defined that they will certainty lead to widespread racial profiling and discrimination."

Among the materials is a video that warns officers not to use race or ethnicity when enforcing the new law, but tells them they're allowed to consider whether a person speaks poor English, looks nervous or is traveling in an overcrowded vehicle.

(Copyright ©2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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