Arizona Law That Denies Bail To Some Undocumented Immigrants Wins Appeal

Undocumented Immigrants Denied Bail In Arizona
HOMESTEAD, FL - MAY 11: Raul Pop holds a sign reading '11 million need a reform now!' as he and others participate in a rally calling on President Barack Obama to immediately suspend deportations and for Congress to pass an immigration reform that?s inclusive of all 11 million undocumented people in the U.S. on May 11, 2013 in Homestead, Florida. The rally is part of what is being called a rolling fast in different places throughout the nation over the course of the next two months to bring what organizers say is a moral, prophetic voice to the immigration debate. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
HOMESTEAD, FL - MAY 11: Raul Pop holds a sign reading '11 million need a reform now!' as he and others participate in a rally calling on President Barack Obama to immediately suspend deportations and for Congress to pass an immigration reform that?s inclusive of all 11 million undocumented people in the U.S. on May 11, 2013 in Homestead, Florida. The rally is part of what is being called a rolling fast in different places throughout the nation over the course of the next two months to bring what organizers say is a moral, prophetic voice to the immigration debate. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

SAN FRANCISCO An Arizona law that denies immigrants who are in the country without legal permission the right to post bail for a wide array of felonies won approval Tuesday from a divided federal appeals court.

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decided 2 to 1 to uphold Arizona's Proposition 100, a 2006 ballot measure that voters approved 78% to 22% as a state constitutional amendment to create bail exceptions for immigrants who lack authorization.

Two immigrants who were denied bail under the law challenged it in a class-action lawsuit. One was arrested for a drug offense, the other for assault, kidnapping and aiding a criminal syndicate.

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