Immigration law

WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court justices strongly suggested Wednesday that they are ready to allow Arizona to enforce part of a controversial state law requiring police officers to check the immigration status of people they think are in the country illegally.

Liberal and conservative justices reacted skeptically to the Obama administration's argument that the state exceeded its authority when it made the records check, and another provision allowing suspected illegal immigrants to be arrested without a warrant, part of the Arizona law aimed at driving illegal immigrants elsewhere.

SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge on Friday said he will delay a decision about the constitutionality of Utah’s immigration enforcement law eight months after the measure was put on hold pending arguments.

PHOENIX -- Sheriff Joe Arpaio says a scathing U.S. Justice Department report about his office's law enforcement tactics marks what he calls "a sad day for America as a whole."

OGDEN --- The Weber County Sheriff's Office is lashing out at federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement audits which resulted in the removal of 32 ICE detainees from the jail this summer.

SALT LAKE CITY -- A federal judge has delayed an injunction hearing for Utah's tough immigration enforcement law because of ongoing discussions between the state's attorney general and federal Justice Department officials.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff says a new federal policy allowing many illegal immigrants without a criminal record to stay in the country is a better use of limited law enforcement resources.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Civil rights groups sued Friday in federal court to block Alabama's new law cracking down on illegal immigration, which supporters and opponents have called the strictest measure of its kind in the nation.