Some also worry that officers could be sued under the law by people who accuse them of not doing enough enforcement. At the same time, civil rights activists could accuse them of being too aggressive.
The Obama administration and some Arizona cities hope to persuade a judge to block the new law.
APA woman waits for officials in Nogales, Mexico, after being expelled from the United States
Arizona has become the point of entry for more than forty percent of illegal entrants from Mexico. The numbers grew after the federal government increased border controls in California and Texas.
Some Arizona officials blame smugglers for a serious problem with kidnappings in the Phoenix area. Drug groups control much of the human smuggling. Some border crossers are victims of violence. Others die crossing the desert. An Arizona rancher was also killed this year -- probably, officials say, by a Mexican drug smuggler.
And that's IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember.
Reported by Kent Klein, Greg Flakus and Mike O'Sullivan.
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