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TUCSON - The judge's decision to take out the controversial portions of the state's new illegal immigration law has local law enforcement breathing a sigh of relief.

Local law enforcement said the parts of the law that got dropped were the ones they had issues with.

Both the Pima County Sheriff and Tucson Police Chief said it will make their jobs a lot easier.

Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said, "No doubt about it. It makes it less complicated and less difficult for cops on the streets to do their jobs by this being struck down."

Now after weeks of training on what to do, the challenge becomes training the officers and deputies on what not to do; something Tucson Police Chief Roberto Villasenor said shouldn't be a problem.

Villasenor said, "We trained all parts of the law. So the parts of the law that stayed intact and are going to go forward with they've been trained in. All we have to do is notify them about which parts are not intact. They know, 'Okay, we can't do these aspects of the law, but we can do these.'"

Both the sheriff and chief said they'll continue fighting illegal immigration the way they have been for years.