Arizona’s new employer sanctions law will take effect as scheduled Jan. 1, following back-to-back federal court refusals to delay its implementation.

TUCSON - Proposition 200 is now law in Arizona. A federal judge lifted his temporary injunction Wednesday, ruling opponents are unlikely to prove the initiative violates federal law or the U.S. Constitution.

December 23, 2004

A federal judge peppered attorneys fighting over the legality of Arizona's new immigration law with questions about their assumptions of what the law means.

Parents are pulling students out of school. Construction workers are abandoning their jobs. Families are hastily moving out of apartments. Two months after Arizona enacted a law punishing employers that hire illegal immigrants, the law is already achieving one of its goals: Scores of immigrants are fleeing to other states or back to their Latin American homelands.

PHOENIX - Parents are pulling students out of school. Construction workers are abandoning their jobs. Families are hastily moving out of apartments.

So let’s look at Arizona’s reaction to the gun control controversy.

November 4, 2004

WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano killed a program begun by the Bush administration that would use U.S. spy satellites for domestic security and law enforcement.

AUSTIN, Texas - Escalating violence by drug cartels and deteriorating security in Mexico will make this the most deadly year yet for that nation's drug-related crime, and the violence is spilling into the United States, according to a report released Wednesday for a state panel.

The sheriff of Arizona's most populous county is making room in a vast outdoor jail and determined to round up illegal immigrants to fill it. Police from the U.S.-Mexico border to the Grand Canyon are getting last-minute training. And protests and marches are planned throughout Phoenix.

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Friday that Arizona may require voters to provide photo IDs or other identification when they cast their ballots next month.

November 23, 2004

Secretary of State Jan Brewer has closed the book on the record-breaking Nov. 2 general election, in which more than 2 million people cast ballots statewide for president and other issues.

The first measure from the State Legislature came in 2007, when a constitutional amendment was proposed to make English the official language of the state. It was passed by voters by an overwhelming margin.

Bill Richardson: On May 21, three groups of powerful people met at different Phoenix locations. Law enforcement leaders met at the FBI office for the 10th annual Federal Law Enforcement Memorial Service to honor fallen federal agents and Arizona police officers. FBI Deputy Director John Pistole spoke. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio didn’t attend.

A top national border security official said Thursday his agency is doing all it can to deport illegal immigrants with the resources Congress has provided.

PHOENIX - Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano hasn't said whether she'd signed a wide-ranging immigration bill approved by the Legislature, but lawmakers on both sides of the debate predicted a veto.

The Goldwater Institute, a conservative public policy research organization, is blasting the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office for falling short in its three core missions: law-enforcement services, support services and detention.

ANTIOCH, Calif. - As more and more black renters began moving into this mostly white San Francisco Bay Area suburb a few years ago, neighbors started complaining about loud parties, mean pit bulls, blaring car radios, prostitution, drug dealing and muggings of schoolchildren.

More than 20,000 Maricopa County voter registration applications will remain in the reject pile despite a federal appeals court ruling that would require the county to approve them if they were submitted today.

More than 20,000 Maricopa County voter registration applications will remain in the reject pile despite a federal appeals court ruling that would require the county to approve them if they were submitted today.

WASHINGTON - Attorney General John Ashcroft told Congress Tuesday that a major al-Qaida arrest over the weekend "is a severe blow to al-Qaida that could destabilize their terrorist network worldwide."