16 Countries, Including Mexico, File Briefs Against New Alabama Immigration Law

Updated: Thursday, 04 Aug 2011, 2:10 PM MST
Published : Thursday, 04 Aug 2011, 2:11 PM MST

In an effort to ensure their citizens are treated fairly in Alabama, 16 nations, including Mexico, filed briefs against the state’s controversial new immigration law that has already drawn fire from the U.S. Department of Justice.

Edward Still, a Birmingham attorney who filed the brief, told The Montgomery Advertiser that the nations “want to have one immigration law and not 50.â€