As the nation awaits the Supreme Court’s decision on Arizona’s SB 1070 bill, opponents of the 2010 immigration law are preparing to sue police departments on claims that officers racially profile, while supporters are set to sue police agencies for failure to enforce the law, according to Fox News Latino.
Opponents of the law are especially upset with the provision of the law that requires police to check the immigration status of people they stop for other reasons.
“A little-known section of the law lets anyone sue an agency that has a policy that restricts the enforcement of immigration law. The provision was aimed at holding cities accountable for “sanctuary policies” that discourage or prohibit officers from inquiring about a person’s immigration status,”,reports The Washington Post.