FILE - In this July 29, 2010 file photo, Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies, left, check the shoes of a suspect arrested during a crime suppression sweep in Phoenix. A judge in Arizona on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 ruled that police can immediately start enforcing the most contentious section of the state's immigration law, marking the first time officers can carry out the so-called "show me your papers" provision. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Groups protest Ariz. immigration law's enforcement
FILE - In this July 29, 2010 file photo, Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies, left, check the shoes of a suspect arrested during a crime suppression sweep in Phoenix. A judge in Arizona on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 ruled that police can immediately start enforcing the most contentious section of the state's immigration law, marking the first time officers can carry out the so-called "show me your papers" provision. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
By FELICIA FONSECA
Associated Press /
September 19, 2012
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PHOENIX (AP) — A day after the most contentious provision of Arizona’s immigration law took effect, rallies are taking place around Phoenix to protest the law that civil rights activists contend will lead to systematic racial profiling.
More than three dozen activists stood outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building along a busy thoroughfare Wednesday evening. They chanted: ‘‘No papers, no fear.’’
Carlos Garcia is an organizer with the immigrant rights group the Puente Movement. He says the strategy is to urge people to not cooperate with immigration enforcement efforts — whether they’re in the country legally or not.
U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled Tuesday that police can immediately start enforcing Arizona’s so-called ‘‘show me your papers’’ provision. It requires officers, while enforcing other laws, to question the immigration status of those suspected of being in the country illegally.
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