8 states copying Arizona's immigration law

Even as an appeals court chooses not to lift an injunction on Arizona's controversial law, a host of states are intent on replicating it

A U.S Immigration officer patrols Arizona's border: As the state fights to pass the strict immigration bill SB1070, Florida and eight other states are working out similar laws.
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The 9th District Court of Appeals this week refused to lift a ban on the most stringent immigration law in the country. Arizona's SB1070, if enacted, would compel state police to demand documentation from anyone they suspected of being in the country illegally, and to apprehend and deport illegal immigrants. The appeals court affirmed that only the federal government has that authority. But even as Arizona's law failed to win judicial approval, states across the country are attempting to put similar immigration proposals on their own ballots. Here, a list of eight Arizona "copycats" trying to create state-only immigration laws:

1. Georgia

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