From Rapid City Journal:

South Dakota is joining other states in filing a legal brief that backs Arizona’s immigration law, Gov. Mike Rounds and Attorney General Marty Jackley said Tuesday.

South Dakota will support state governments’ joint authority with federal officials to enforce immigration laws, the two Republican officials said.

The state will not be a party in the U.S. Justice Department’s challenge of the Arizona law but will join other states in filing a “friend of the court” brief, Jackley said. Michigan is taking the lead in that effort, so South Dakota likely will bear no costs as it acts in a supporting and advisory role, he said.

The Arizona law, which would take effect July 29, would require state and local police to question and possibly arrest illegal immigrants during the enforcement of other laws such as traffic stops. Opponents have said the law will lead to racial profiling.

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