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Both sides find hope, dismay in immigration ruling

By the Journal Sentinel

CREATED Jun. 26, 2012

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  • Bob Peterson (left), president of the Milwaukee Teachers Education Association; Chris Ahmuty, executive director ACLU of Wisconsin; Christine Neumann-Ortiz, executive director of Voces de la Frontera and Pastor Walter Baires of Ascension Lutheran Church hold a news conference on the Supreme Court ruling on Arizona's controversial immigration law on Monday at Voces de la Frontera. Image by Gary Porter

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling Monday that struck down parts of Arizona's tough immigration enforcement law, but upheld the "show me your papers" provision, was greeted with mixed emotions in Wisconsin on both sides of the immigration debate.