Migrants Fear Supreme Court Verdict on Arizona Law

Mexicans and Central American migrants gave their view on Monday to a Supreme Court's ruling that upholds parts of Arizona immigration law - a key part of Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision struck down three other parts of the Arizona law, delivering a mixed ruling for the Obama administration on federal power to enforce immigration statutes in the United States. The country's highest court by an 8-0 vote upheld the Arizona law's most controversial aspect, requiring police officers to check the immigration status of people they stop for any reason. Honduran migrants weighed in on the controversial Supreme Court decision, saying the ruling marked another episode of discrimination for undocumented migrants heading north to the United States. In a statement, Mexico's Foreign Ministry said that it "regrets" that the law wasn't struck down entirely. But in a split verdict, the justices also ruled that the three other provisions of the Western state's 2010 law that were challenged in court by the Obama administration went too far. These three provisions required immigrants to carry immigration papers at all times, banned illegal immigrants from soliciting work in public places, and allowed police arrest of immigrants without warrants if officers believed they committed crimes that would make them deportable. On June 15, Obama announced an important change in U.S. immigration policy where hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who were brought into the United States as children could avoid deportation and get work permits under the new policy. Obama has vowed to push for comprehensive immigration legislation if re-elected on November 6.