Josh Loftin Associated press – are the quote marks missing, or is this a pronouncement by the AP and/or its reporters?

…Like Arizona, the Utah, Georgia and Alabama laws grants broader powers to police than the federal government permits. Simply detaining a suspected illegal immigrant who has not committed a major crime — which could happen in all of the states — is going beyond a state’s authorized authority.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gqzVgU37O-pEz3xLQOi2IFl5oLMw?docId=bc8a6ca1881844f3a7c721ab73c103cc ^[1]