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Direction. abc 15 s corey rangel spoke with one of the officers today. that officer says he s happy the judge stepped in and took action. reporter: the officer says he s relieved and overjoyed, and in his own words, says he s glad the judge saw the truth. officer david salgado filed one of seven lawsuits challenging senate bill 1070, saying it was unconstitutional. as a police officer he says he worries the law would lead to racial profiling, even though the bill had wording prohibiting that. now salgado says the judge s ruling has put most of his concerns at ease. now that we hear the judge was in favor of the federal government, and hopefully ours, that we ll stop this from as a police officer, that i will treat everybody equally. everybody, all ethnics. reporter: and the judge has not issued a ruling in salgado s case specifically, but his attorney says the ruling today suggests that it would apply to all of the lawsuits filed against the law. ....
Officer asks a federal judge to block enforcement of the law until the case was herd. cnn s thelma gutierrez is on the story in phoenix. thelma, good to see you. first of all, if you would tee up the salgado case for us. what s the argument from officer salgado? well basically, attorneys for this officer are saying that this law puts arizona law enforcement in a very difficult position. because there is federal law and federal law, they argue, preemts state law. they say that police officers are not to conduct any kind of immigration enforcement. of course, brewer s attorneys will argue almost the opposite. now u.s. district court judge susan bolton will hear a motion to dismiss the lawsuit that was filed by officer david salgado of phoenix. basically he and the ....