Arizona immigration law

April 25, 2012, Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Arizon’s aggressive immigration law.

States need workers for certain jobs in agriculture and in the tourism and hospitality industries—illegal immigrants commonly do those jobs. Migrant farmworkers, essential to harvesting crops, are often illegal immigrants from Latin America.

Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Arizona’s immigration law.

Alma Chacon, an undocumented immigrant and mother of five children born in the United States, gave birth to her fifth child inside Estrella Jail, in Maricopa County, Ariz. Chacon says her hands and feet were bound in handcuffs while giving birth.

Parts of SB1070, Arizona’s controversial immigration law, may be unconstitutional, and thus may not be activated.

A Rasmussen poll released on Wednesday found that most Arizona voters favor the controversial new immigration law that was signed by Governor Jan Brewer last week.