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A referendum drive and a lawsuit have emerged as potential road blocks to Arizona's tough new law on illegal immigration that has thrust the state into the national spotlight.
The legal action set to be filed Thursday in federal court is aimed a preventing enforcement of the controversial measure, while the ballot question could put it on hold until 2012.
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"I think there's real damage being caused right now," Miranda said. "How do you measure the kind of fear ... going on in many parts of this community?"
At least three Arizona cities - Phoenix, Flagstaff and Tucson - also are considering lawsuits to block the law.
Meanwhile, the effect of the law continued to ripple beyond Arizona.
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Tough AZ immigration law facing new road blocks - Nation - SanLuisObispo.com (http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2010/04/28/1120543/az-cities-consider-fighting-immigration.html - broken link)
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