Arizona immigration law effective starting July 29

http://nma.tv | http://www.nma.com.tw This animation shows what would have happened if key sections of Arizona's immigration law SB 1070 had not been blocked by Judge Susan Bolton of Federal District Court on July 28. The bill, signed by Republican governor Jan Brewer in April, aims to identify and deport the estimated half million undocumented immigrants in the state bordering Mexico. In these controversial sections, police officers had the power to "stop, [detain] or arrest" an individual "when practicable" and with "reasonable suspicion" of his/her immigration status. Immigrants would have been required to carry papers proving their legality or otherwise sent to federal custody if proven illegal. In Phoenix, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio had expressed he was going to make full use of his Tent City jail to detain the illegal immigrants.