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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 j...

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 alm...