WASHINGTON – Opponents of Arizona’s SB 1070 said Monday they have set aside millions of dollars to continue fighting the law, just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision on the immigration law.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona sent a letter Tuesday to the Chandler Library Board urging them not to give in to demands from parents to have certain children’s reading materials removed or relocated.

Civil rights advocates sued Arizona in federal court Tuesday, claiming the state’s Legal Arizona Worker Act violates the U.S. Constitution and threatens the success of Arizona businesses.

Attorneys involved in a separate challenge of Arizona’s immigration law are weighing whether — and how soon — to seek their own injunction to stop the law from taking effect.

Former Arizona Gov. Raul Castro, who in the 1970s served as the state's first and only Hispanic governor, was detained at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint after the vehicle he was traveling in triggered a radiation sensor.

The nation's top civil liberties group on Wednesday issued travel alerts for Arizona, saying the state's new law cracking down on illegal immigrants could lead to racial profiling and warrantless arrests.

The American Civil Liberties Union is asking a judge to rebuff efforts by Attorney General Tom Horne to block state licensing of medical marijuana dispensaries.

Civil rights advocates sued the state of Arizona in federal court Tuesday, claiming the state's Legal Arizona Worker Act violates the U.S. Constitution and threatens the success of Arizona businesses.

Five Arizona felons filed suit Thursday challenging state laws that keep them from voting because of their criminal convictions.

Those who walk off the job to participate in a proimmigration march most likely don’t have the law on their side, a Valley labor law expert said Monday.

There is a wide gap, or an entire canyon maybe, between butting heads with a popular, eccentric sheriff and making friends with him.

There is a wide gap, or an entire canyon maybe, between butting heads with a popular, eccentric sheriff and making friends with him.

Four months after it lost its power to make federal immigration arrests, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said Monday it plans to train all 881 of its deputies in enforcing federal immigration law.

Crimes committed by illegal immigrants dropped by 18.5 percent from 2007 to 2008 thanks to law enforcement's hard line against those in the country unlawfully, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas said this week.

County jail officials defied a court order to transport an inmate who wanted an off-site abortion, according to a motion filed by the American Civil Liberties Union this week in Maricopa County Superior Court.

A two-year-old law intended to keep illegal immigrants from voting has blocked thousands of Maricopa County residents from casting ballots because they can’t prove U.S. citizenship.

A two-year-old law intended to keep illegal immigrants from voting has blocked thousands of Maricopa County residents from casting ballots because they can’t prove U.S. citizenship.

Arizona, already at odds with the federal government and civil-rights groups over immigration, is adding voter ID and the Voting Rights Act to the disputes.

The Arizona sheriff known for his hardline stance on illegal immigration has gone months without using his most controversial law enforcement tactic.

As long there have been police, there have been suspects who’ve evaded justice with forged identification, fake names or not having any I.D.

The first two challenges to Arizona’s new law aimed at illegal immigrants were filed Thursday.

Civil rights activists Wednesday warned that Arizona is inviting rampant racial profiling and police-state tactics if it enacts what would be the toughest law in the nation against illegal immigrants.

Gilbert, facing dwindling resources, is turning to churches and other faith-based groups for everything from crime victim assistance to making sure people return their U.S. Census forms.

Deborah Chambers thought it would be no big deal to display a picture of Jesus on her notebook at the Chandler charter school where she is a seventh-grader.