Reply #8: JUSTICE DEPT. TO REVIEW AZ IMMIGRATION LAW

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Source: Raw Story



'Deep concerns' over Arizona immigration law: Napolitano
AFP
Published: Tuesday April 27, 2010

Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano said Tuesday that US justice officials have "deep concerns" about a controversial new Arizona law that critics fear may encourage racial profiling and other acts of discrimination.

The law, signed Friday by Arizona's Republican Governor Jan Brewer, allows police to question and detain anyone in the southwestern border state they believe may be an illegal immigrant, even if they are not suspected of committing another crime.

Napolitano said at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee that the Justice Department is reviewing "whether the law meets constitutional safeguards."

The Barack Obama administration has "deep concerns with the law from the law enforcement perspective," she said, adding that officials worry that the law "will detract from resources that we need to focus on those on the country illegally -- who are those who have committed the most serious crimes."

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