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121 groups ask feds to denounce, discard 'Utah list' "More than 100 civil-rights groups and leaders nationwide are demanding that federal immigration officials throw away the "Utah list" and vow publicly never to use anything like it for immigration enforcement." Deseret News, July 29, 2010. ... read more Ariz. Immigration Law Is A Challenge For Police "Even the people who would be charged with enforcing Arizona's controversial new immigration law can't agree on the question of whether it's a good idea." NPR, July 28, 2010. ... read more Arizona Girds For Long Legal Fight Over Immigration "in blocking the heart of the bill, Judge Susan Bolton's ruling could not have been clearer, says Gabriel Jack Chin, a professor of law at the University of Arizona. "It's basically a complete victory for the United States," Chin said. "She [Bolton] regards immigration regulation as a federal responsibility and a federal power."" NPR, July 29, 2010. ... read more As Deaths in Desert Soar, an Arizona Morgue Grows Crowded "The Pima County morgue is running out of space as the number of Latin American immigrants found dead in the deserts around Tucson has soared this year during a heat wave." NYT, July 28, 2010. ... read more Attorney Legal Observer Arrested in Arizona Immigration Protests "This afternoon, CCR Attorney Sunita Patel was arrested as she was carrying out her legal observer duties at a protest of Arizona’s unconstitutional immigration law, SB 1070. As police began a sweep, Ms. Patel began to take down names of those being arrested and was promptly arrested herself. Witnesses say legal observers were deliberately targeted by police." CCR, July 29, 2010. ... read more Barbara Hines is the National Immigration Project's 2010 Carol Weiss King Award Recipient NIP/NLG, July 2010. ... read more CDJ closed July 30th "The U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez is closed on July 30, 2010 to review its security posture. American citizens are advised avoid the area around the Consulate General until it reopens. Authorities are investigating the situation." U.S. Dept. of State, July 29, 2010. ... read more ICE deportation stats, FY2007-2010 ICE, July 29, 2010. ... read more Key Provisions Of Arizona Immigration Law Blocked "Citing federal preemption concerns, Arizona federal district court Judge Susan R. Bolton enjoined four provisions of S.B. 1070, the controversial Arizona immigration statute." LexisNexis, July 29, 2010. ... read more Lawyer Observing Phoenix Protests Arrested "Sunita Patel, an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, flew in from New York to provide legal support to a civil disobedience protest against SB 1070 at a downtown Phoenix jail. In an unlikely switch, Sherrif Joe Arpaio’s deputies arrested her and took her to the Third Avenue jail." NAM, July 29, 2010. ... read more