Thread: US court upholds parts of toughest immigration law

US court upholds parts of toughest immigration law

AP
By GREG BLUESTEIN - Associated Press | AP – Fri, Oct 14, 2011


In this Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 photo, people listen to others voice their concerns about the Alabama HB56 law at a town hall meeting at Glen Iris Elementary School in Birmingham, Ala. The Birmingham-Metro chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People presented the event panelists to talk about and answer questions on immigration and Alabama's HB56 law.

ATLANTA (AP) — A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked parts of what has been called the toughest immigration law in the country, saying the state of Alabama can't require schools to check the immigration status of students but letting stand a provision that allows police to detain immigrants who are suspected of being in the country illegally.

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued the order after the Obama administration challenged the Alabama law, saying it could strain relations with Latin American countries, and advocacy groups said it had thrown the state into "chaos."

Friday's opinion also blocked a part of the Alabama law that makes it a crime for immigrants to not have proper documentation.

A final decision on the law won't be made for months, to allow time for more arguments.

Many frightened Hispanics have left the state since a U.S. judge upheld much of the law in late September, fearing they could be arrested or targeted by police. Construction workers, landscapers and field hands stopped coming to work, and large numbers of Hispanic students have been absent from public schools.

To cope with the labor shortage, Alabama agriculture commissioner John McMillan at one point suggested farmers should consider hiring inmates in the state's work-release program.

The U.S. Justice Department has called the Alabama law a "sweeping new state regime," and it urged the appeals court to forbid states from creating a patchwork of immigration policies. The agency said the law could strain diplomatic relations with Latin American countries, who have warned the law could impact millions of workers, tourists and students in the U.S.

The law, the department said, turns illegal immigrants into a "unique class who cannot lawfully obtain housing, enforce a contract, or send their children to school without fear that enrollment will be used as a tool to seek to detain and remove them and their family members."

Immigration has become a key issue in Alabama over the past decade as the Hispanic population has grown by 145 percent to about 185,600 people, most of them of Mexican origin. Some counties in north Alabama have large Spanish-speaking communities and schools where most of the students are Hispanic.

Alabama's law was considered by both opponents and supporters to be stricter than similar laws enacted in Arizona, Utah, Indiana and Georgia. U.S. judges in those states have blocked all or parts of those measures.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer earlier this year asked the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve the legal fight over her state's tough immigration law.

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AL to Appeals Court- no reason to block state's immigration
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-252372-upholds.html

Alabamans have every reason to expect good results from their new immigration law, which has now survived, almost intact, one level of judicial review. In Arizona, a similar law has benefitted citizens.

The President of the Arizona Senate, Russell Pearce, explains that "since the passing of SB1070, 'crime is down, class sizes in our schools are down, businesses are coming to Arizona, and tourism is up 10%.' He went on to add, 'We have a balanced budget.'"

Nevertheless, the Obama Administration and A.G. Eric Holder will do their best to obtain judicial decisions and/or pass federal legislation which make it impossible for States to enforce immigration law including federally-compliant E-Verify provisions.

The law, the department said, turns illegal immigrants into a "unique class who cannot lawfully obtain housing, enforce a contract, or send their children to school without fear that enrollment will be used as a tool to seek to detain and remove them and their family members."

Do not most ILLEGAL actions result in certain consequences?

Originally Posted by dsprtt

The law, the department said, turns illegal immigrants into a "unique class who cannot lawfully obtain housing, enforce a contract, or send their children to school without fear that enrollment will be used as a tool to seek to detain and remove them and their family members."

Do not most ILLEGAL actions result in certain consequences?

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The TENS OF MILLIONS of illegal aliens from Mexico are here primarily to do two things:

1) PROPAGATE FOUR TIMES FASTER THAN AMERICANS

2) PROVIDE CHEAP LABOR FOR GLOBALIST UNDERGROUND ECONOMY EMPIRES

They do both extremely well.

Originally Posted by HAPPY2BME

ATLANTA (AP) — A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked parts of what has been called the toughest immigration law in the country, saying the state of Alabama can't require schools to check the immigration status of students but letting stand a provision that allows police to detain immigrants who are suspected of being in the country illegally.

Of course, they're going to strike down that part of the law that is most effective in enticing illegals to LEAVE!

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http://www.alipac.us/article6679.html

When the SCOTUS ruled on Plyer vs. Doe a key part of the ruling stated 'The costs would be so minimal'...

That might have been true then but now?

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"The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued the order after the Obama administration challenged the Alabama law, saying it could strain relations with Latin American countries, and advocacy groups said it had thrown the state into "chaos."

The Obama administration could care less of what we, the LEGAL citizens say as the coddle other countries that do nothing for the US except export all their criminals and uneducated minions.

If they are here illegally then they should not be able to get housing, work, education or any other rights that LEGAL AMERICANS have. They have the right to be arrested and deported. The narcistic buffoon in the whitehouse needs to stop pandering to the illegals and start enforcing the laws of the land. Stop the back door amnesty policy and stop hindering states laws that are intent on protecting the people who are here LEGALLY.