Photo Gallery: SB 1070 demonstrations

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Protestors gathered Thursday, July 29, 2010, during demonstrations, both for and against SB 1070.

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SB 1070 protests — One of about a dozen bike riders flashes the peace sign at line of TPD officers blocking Congresst protests against SB 1070 on the corner of Granada and Congress, Tucson, AZ., Thur., July 29, 2010. The bikers showed up late in the protest, briefly reenergized the protest and forced police to reform their lines. Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star

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SB 1070 protests — One of about a dozen protestors is taken into custody after failing to disperse during a large anti-SB 1070 on the corner of Granada and Congress.
Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star

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SB 1070 protests — A protestor yells out to the crowd as he's taken into custody after refusing to disperse at protests against SB 1070 on the corner of Granada and Congress. Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star

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SB 1070 protests — A woman taken into custody is put into a TPD cruiser as other officers walk off with another detainee as officers move in to break up a large protest against SB 1070 on the corner of Granada and Congress, Tucson, AZ., Thur., July 29, 2010. Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star

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SB1070 protests — People watch from the Hotel Arizona parking garage as several arrests are made after anti SB 1070 demonstrators blocked traffic at the intersection of Congress Street and Granada Ave. in Tucson. Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star

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SB1070 protests — Police officers block access to the intersection following several arrests after anti SB 1070 demonstrators blocked traffic at the intersection of Congress Street and Granada Ave. in Tucson. Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star

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SB1070 protests — Anti SB 1070 demonstrators ride circles in front of police officers following several arrests after demonstrators blocked traffic at the intersection of Congress Street and Granada Ave. in Tucson. Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star

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SB1070 protests — Police motion for people to get back on the sidewalk following several arrests after anti SB 1070 demonstrators blocked traffic at the intersection of Congress Street and Granada Ave. in Tucson. Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star

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SB1070 protests — An anti SB 1070 demonstrator is arrested after blocking traffic at the intersection of Congress Street and Granada Ave. in Tucson, Ariz., Thursday July 29, 2010. Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star

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SB1070 protests — Bike officers work to move the crowd back to the sidewalks as anti-1070 protestors shout at Granada and Congress St. Thursday, July 29, 2010. Several people were arrested after blocking the intersection and being ordered to disperse. Jeffry Scott/Arizona Daily Star

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SB1070 protests — Officers prepare to clear the intersection after giving an order to leave to the Anti-1070 protestors at Granada and Congress St. Thursday, July 29, 2010. Several people were arrested after blocking the intersection and being ordered to disperse. Jeffry Scott/Arizona Daily Star

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SB1070 protests — An Anti-1070 protestor is arrested at Granada and Congress St. Thursday, July 29, 2010. Several people were arrested after blocking the intersection and being ordered to disperse. Jeffry Scott/Arizona Daily Star

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SB1070 protests — Anahiza Carrillo, 16, of Tucson signals a friend as she is dressed as a mock Border Patrol agent and wears a pig snout during protests opposing Arizona state law SB1070 July 29, 2010 in downtown Tucson, Ariz. Carrillo said her parents came illegally to Arizona from Mexico and she was born in the U.S. She felt that it was important to show opposition to SB1070 in support of various friends and family members who are undocumented. James Gregg/Arizona Daily Star

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SB1070 protests — Jeannette Moreno, 19 of Phoenix chants during protests opposing Arizona state law SB1070 July 29, 2010 in downtown Tucson, Ariz. Moreno said that both of her parents came to Arizona from Mexico illegally in the late 1970's and are now U.S. citizens. James Gregg/Arizona Daily Star

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SB1070 protests — Protesters hold signs as Tucson Police officers hold a line during protests opposing Arizona state law SB1070 July 29, 2010 in downtown Tucson, Ariz. James Gregg/Arizona Daily Star

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SB1070 Demonstrations — Alejandro Gomez of the Southside Day Labor Work Center holds up a sign during a demonstration at the intersection of Congress Street and Granada Ave. outside the sate building in Tucson, Ariz., Thursday July 29, 2010. Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star

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SB1070 Demonstrations — Gabriela Saucedo Mercer, center, who immigrated from Mexico legally in 1986, and Nina Samuels, right, who immigrated legally from Peru forty years ago, argue with a man who is against SB 1070 during a demonstration at the intersection of Congress Street and Granada Ave. outside the sate building in Tucson, Ariz., Thursday July 29, 2010. "I came to this country because I had a love affair with the U.S.," said Samuels. "I came here legally. I learned the language. It took 2 & 1/2 years. I never asked the government to give me a cent. I would die for this country." Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star

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SB1070 Demonstrations — Pima County Tea Party Patriots co-founder Sherese Steffens, center, shows her support of SB 1070 during a demonstration at the intersection of Congress Street and Granada Ave. outside the sate building. Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star

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SB1070 Demonstrations — A large crowd of people against SB 1070 gathers during a demonstration at the intersection of Congress Street and Granada Ave. outside the sate building in Tucson, Ariz., Thursday July 29, 2010. Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star

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SB1070 Demonstrations — Several Tea Party members and other supporters of SB 1070 cheer to passing traffic during a demonstration at the intersection of Congress Street and Granada Ave. outside the sate building in Tucson, Ariz. Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star

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SB1070 Demonstrations — Paige Borchardt holds a sign reading "Go Home, E.T." as she and fellow Ironwood Hills Church members show their support of SB 1070 during a demonstration at the intersection of Congress Street and Granada Ave. outside the sate building in Tucson, Ariz. Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star

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SB1070 Demonstrations — Becky Renfrow gets the words "Stop Deportation" painted on her face by Zack Armstrong during a demonstration at the intersection of Congress Street and Granada Ave. outside the sate building in Tucson, Ariz., Thursday July 29, 2010. Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star

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SB 1070 demonstrations — ADOT workers move tires that were thrown out onto the southbound lane of I-19 on Thursday, July, 29, 2010 in Tucson, AZ. Witness says two trucks driving parallel across two lanes threw tires, paint and a banner across the highway. Ron Medvescek/Arizona Daily Star

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SB 1070 demonstrations — ADOT workers remove tires that were thrown out onto the southbound lane of I-19 on Thursday, July, 29, 2010 in Tucson, AZ. Witness says two trucks driving parallel across two lanes threw tires, paint and a banner across the highway. Ron Medvescek/Arizona Daily Star

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SB 1070 demonstrations — TPD officers photograph a protest sign thrown out onto the southbound lane of I-19 on Thursday, July, 29, 2010 in Tucson, AZ. Witness says two trucks driving parallel across two lanes threw tires, paint and a banner across the highway. Ron Medvescek/Arizona Daily Star

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SB 1070 protests — Sandra Castrol of the Phoenix based Puente Movement shouts into a bullhorn during a protest of Arizona's SB1070 immigration-enforcement law in front of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Phoenix. Ralph Freso/Associated Press

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SB 1070 protests — Andrew Anderson of Gilbert, Ariz., offers and American flag to Sheriff's deputies in riot gear during a protest of Arizona's SB1070 immigration-enforcement law in front of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Phoenix. Ralph Freso/Associated Press

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SB 1070 Protests — Demonstrator Devin Fleenor of Phoenix handcuffs himself to the doors of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office in protest of Arizona's SB1070 immigration-enforcement law Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Phoenix. Ralph Freso/Associated Press

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SB 1070 protests — Maricopa County sheriff's deputies arrest a demonstrator in front of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office during a protest to Arizona's SB1070 immigration-enforcement law Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Phoenix. Ralph Freso/Associated Press

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SB 1070 protests — 165739 1070protest 7/29/10 1070FIRSTDAY Phoenix, ARIZ., Protestors of SB1070 immigration law take to the streets in downtown Phoenix. Arizona's immigration law makes it a state crime to be in the country illegally. It states that an officer engaged in a lawful stop, detention or arrest shall, when practicable, ask about a person's legal status when reasonable suspicion exists that the person is in the U.S. illegally. Cheryl Evans/The Arizona Republic

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SB 1070 protests — 1070phxpd 1070firstday 165782 07/29/2010 Phoenix Police Department Tactical Response Officers arrest a protester on Washington Street near Phoenix City Hall Thursday. More than a hundred protestors blocked Washington Street in a mass act of civil disobedience and anger over the enactment of Arizona's tough new immigration law. Mark Henle/The Arizona Republic

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SB 1070 protests — Jenny Sanchez (CQ) leads a chant against Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Washington St in Phoenix Thursday. Dozens of people were arrested during protests against SB 1070 across central Phoenix Thursday. US Judge Susan Bolton's ruling Wednesday stopped four of SB 1070's more than a dozen provisions from going into effect. She wrote, "The court also finds that the United States is likely to suffer irreparable harm if the court does not preliminarily enjoin enforcement of these sections," she states in the ruling. "The balance of equities tips in the United States' favor considering the public interest." Jack Kurtz/The Arizona Republic

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SB 1070 protests — A protester winces as she's arrested for blocking Washington St. in downtown Phoenix during the first day of SB1070 enforcement July 29, 2010. Arizona's immigration law makes it a state crime to be in the country illegally. It states that an officer engaged in a lawful stop, detention or arrest shall, when practicable, ask about a person's legal status when reasonable suspicion exists that the person is in the U.S. illegally. On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton (cq) placed injunctions on major parts of the new law. MICHAEL CHOW/The Arizona Republic

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SB 1070 protests — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio talks to the media outside the 4th Ave. Jail in Phoenix after SB1070 protesters tried to block an entrance July 29, 2010. Arizona's immigration law makes it a state crime to be in the country illegally. It states that an officer engaged in a lawful stop, detention or arrest shall, when practicable, ask about a person's legal status when reasonable suspicion exists that the person is in the U.S. illegally. On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton placed injunctions on major parts of the new law. MICHAEL CHOW/The Arizona Republic

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SB 1070 protests — More than a dozen people protesting Arizona's hard-line stance against illegal immigrants were arrested in Phoenix on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Don Bartletti/Los Angeles Times/MCT

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SB 1070 protests — More than a dozen people protesting Arizona's hard-line stance against illegal immigrants were arrested in Phoenix on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Don Bartletti/Los Angeles Times/MCT

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SB 1070 protests — More than a dozen people protesting Arizona's hard-line stance against illegal immigrants were arrested in Phoenix on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Don Bartletti/Los Angeles Times/MCT

SB 1070 protests

SB 1070 protests — More than a dozen people protesting Arizona's hard-line stance against illegal immigrants were arrested in Phoenix on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Don Bartletti/Los Angeles Times/MCT

13 arrested at Tucson immigration protest

13 arrested at Tucson immigration protest

Traffic on Interstate 19 was briefly disrupted south of Ajo Way after a group of protesters placed tar and tires on the highway.

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AZ immigration-law protests lead to arrests, street closures

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