Thread: Groups Sue Stop Alabama Immigration Law

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Groups Sue to Stop Alabama Immigration Law


Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Civil-rights groups sued in federal court Friday to block Alabama's new law cracking down on illegal immigration, which supporters and opponents call the strictest measure of its kind in the nation.

The lawsuit, filed in Huntsville, says the law is of "unprecedented reach" and goes beyond laws passed in Arizona, Utah, Indiana and Georgia. Federal judges already have blocked all or parts of the laws in those states.

Alabama's law, which would take effect Sept. 1, allows police to arrest anyone suspected of being an illegal immigrant if the person is stopped for some other reason. It also requires businesses to check the legal status of new workers and requires schools to report the immigration status of students.

The lawsuit says the law would subject Alabama residents, including U.S. citizens and noncitizens who are in the country legally, to racial profiling. The law also recalls memories of Alabama's troubled segregationist past by making life more difficult for a targeted class of people, according to the lawsuit.

"Individuals who may be perceived as 'foreign' by state or local law enforcement agents will be in constant jeopardy of harassment and unlawfully prolonged detention by state law enforcement officers," the suit says.

The lawsuit was filed by various organizations across northern Alabama that represent immigrant groups as well as individual immigrants who are listed under the pseudonyms John Doe and Jane Doe. The lawsuit names as defendants various state and local officials, including Republican Gov. Robert Bentley, Attorney General Luther Strange and state schools Superintendent Joe Morton.

Supporters of the new law, including Mr. Bentley, have predicted it will withstand legal challenges. The law was written so that if any provisions are found to be unconstitutional, other parts of the law can remain in effect.

When are the American people going to file a class action suit to protect our borders, and enforce our Constitution!!!!

ILLEGAL is NOT a RACE.

People should be more concerned with their fellow citizens and their needs and rights, rather than law breakers who drain our economy!