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Immigration ruling to be felt past Ariz.

Other states also await decision of Supreme Court

By Jacques Billeaud

 |  Associated Press  

  April 27, 2012

The United States could see an official about-face in the coming months in how it confronts illegal immigration. Supreme Court justices, weighing arguments over Arizona’s tough immigration law, seemed to find little problem Wednesday with provisions that require police to check the legal status of people they stop for other reasons.

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