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Supreme Court stikes down part of Arizona’s immigration law

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down three of the four main provisions of Arizona’s immigration law on Monday. On a split 5-3 decision, the justices said three of the rules undermined federal immigration authority: The court rejected parts of the state law that made it a state crime for illegal immigrants to seek work, to fail to carry immigration papers, and that authorized warrantless arrests of people suspected by state and local police of committing deportable offenses.

However, the justices let stand the provision which requires police to check the immigration status of people they have reason to suspect are illegal.

National Milk Producers Federation president and CEO Jerry Kozak says the split decision along with President Obama’s executive order last week halting the deportation of some immigrants highlights the need to complete immigration reform in this country. “These developments show how critically necessary it is to resolve the immigration policy conundrum, especially for farmers and other employers concerned with maintain and recruiting a workforce.”