The Jewish Community Relations Council applauds today's [August 28] federal court decision to block key provisions of Arizona's immigration law, which was to go into effect tomorrow.

U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton temporarily blocked a requirement that Arizona police check the immigration status of detainees they reasonably suspect of being in the country illegally; she also blocked a provision that would make it a crime for immigrants to be in the state illegally.

The JCRC has spoken against racial profiling in our own community, as a violation of basic human rights. We applaud the court's decision to strike down measures that would have encouraged racial profiling in the state of Arizona.

Art Levy, JCRC Chair
Angel Fernandez-Chavero, JCRC Immigration Committee Co-chair
Mark Sklarz, Past Chair
Milt Wallack, Past Chair