Obama wins ruling on Arizona law

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked Arizona from implementing a law requiring police to question and verify the immigration status of anybody they reasonably suspect of being in the country illegally.

U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton handed the Obama administration a victory in blocking the most controversial parts of Arizona's immigration law, which were set to go into effect Thursday.

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