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(AP) A federal judge on Friday permanently blocked Indiana from enforcing two key provisions of the state's immigration law
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In Friday's ruling, Barker permanently blocked the state from enforcing a provision that gave local police power to make warrantless arrests based on certain immigration documents
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" . The power to arrest on that basis threatens serious abuses
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"In fact, it appears that the statute directly interferes with the rights bestowed on foreign nations by treaty by virtually nullifying the issuance of one of the tools used by foreign nations to exercise those rights," Barker wrote.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana and the National Immigration Law Center had sued the state over the law passed by Indiana lawmakers in 2011 and which was signed into law by thenGov. Mitch Daniels
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"This ruling demonstrates that the Constitution applies to all Indiana residents and that the state cannot presume to regulate immigration," Falk said in his statement
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After the June 2012 Arizona ruling
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Zoeller released a statement Friday expressing his satisfaction with Barker's ruling and saying the state would not appeal
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"Now that the federal court decision reinforces what we said all along that immigration enforcement is a federal government not a state responsibility this case is at an end and the state will not appeal," Zoeller said.
Indiana Senate Minority Leader Tim Lanane
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"This ruling serves as a reminder to the legislature to be extremely careful when creating punitive public policy, which in the end
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