The U.S. Supreme Court reported that it will not listen to an appeal promoted by Arizona against a ruling which blocked the application of the controversial SB 1070 immigration law almost 4 years ago.
Arizona sought to revoke the ruling which in 2010 forbid policemen from arresting people for transporting and/or sheltering undocumented immigrants living in the U.S., among other measures which caused great controversy and were accused of being racist by various national and international civil organizations.
According to a report from The Associated Press, quoted by The Huffington Post, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found last year that the sheltering ban was vague and overruled by Federal law, which currently forbids anyone from sheltering people not legally residing in the country.
The U.S. Supreme Court decided to not to listen to Arizona's appeal, and the 2013 ruling will remain intact as long as the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court agree that the law was overruled by the Federal immigration law, according to Reuters.
According to the same source, this decision joins similar rejections in which Texas and Pennsylvania cities attempted to revive local laws similar to SB 1070, which forces people to provide ID when renting, and fining landlords who rent homes to illegal immigrants.
The new rejection from the Supreme Court against SB 1070 comes a few months after Arizona revealed its intentions to change the state's image to incentivize commerce and tourism, mainly with Mexico, reported then The Washington Post.
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