(CNN) — A federal appeals court has denied Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s request for an expedited hearing on the state’s controversial immigration law. Instead, the case has been scheduled for a hearing during the first week in November.
Brewer had wanted public oral arguments in the case for mid-September. The Justice Department had urged a slower schedule, and the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals agreed in a brief order issued Friday evening.
Arizona filed its appeal Thursday, asking the court to lift U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton’s preliminary injunction on the …

June 29, 2010, 1:43 pm
New York Times

Puerto Rico Extends Deadline for Birth Certificates

By ISOLDE RAFTERY

Puerto Ricans facing the imminent mass invalidation of their birth certificates have received a reprieve from the Puerto Rican government.
People born on the island – including the nearly 1.4 million Puerto Ricans living on the United States mainland, about 300,000 of them in New York –- now have until Sept. 30 to continue to use their old birth certificates.
Last December, in an effort to curb passport fraud, the Puerto Rican legislature created a new, more …