Despite U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton's ruling to block some of the most contested provisions in Arizona's SB1070, including a police officers authority to ask for immigration status of anyone whom they perceive to be undocumented, the law appears to be in full effect.
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Tucson, Arizona: On August 2, 2010 around 3:15 p.m. Officer Zinn and Officer Koontz of the Tucson Police Department called Border Patrol on a woman during a traffic stop. Border Patrol came and took her into detention.
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