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Roe says message of Arizona law is 'enough is enough'

By Hank Hayes
NET News Service

A federal judge’s decision to block most parts of Arizona’s new law addressing illegal immigration is a disappointment, U.S. Rep. Phil Roe said Thursday.

“The reason I’m disappointed is I don’t think the federal government is doing their job,” Roe, R-Tenn., said in a conference call with reporters. “The job of the federal government, per the Constitution, is to protect this nation.”

Earlier this week, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton in Phoenix issued a temporary injunction against sections of the law requiring police to determine the status of people they lawfully stopped and suspected were in the country illegally.

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