Thread: OK: Immigration law opponents continue appellate battle

Immigration law opponents continue appellate battle
by Marie Price
The Journal Record January 2, 2008

OKLAHOMA CITY – The latest court ruling against a challenge to Oklahoma’s tough new immigration law will be appealed, says the leader of a national Hispanic group behind the lawsuit.

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On Friday, a Tulsa federal judge refused to reconsider an earlier ruling dismissing a lawsuit against House Bill 1804.Article Tools Printer friendly edition E-mail this to a friend RSS Feed Digg this history Add to Del.icio.us The plaintiffs, led by the National Coalition of Latino Clergy, CONLAMIC-Oklahoma, several churches, businesses and John Doe immigrants, raised several standing-related issues asking U.S. District Judge James Payne to vacate the judgment he issued earlier this month dismissing the second challenge to the law.

The Rev. Miguel Rivera, national CONLAMIC president, said his organization’s legal defense fund will take the decision before the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.

“Harmful effects, including loss in local revenues and hardship on hard-working immigrants, have resulted since the law’s implementation on Nov. 1,â€

The Rev. Miguel Rivera, national CONLAMIC president, said his organization’s legal defense fund will take the decision before the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.

These guys just don't give up do they! They can not stand us getting our laws enforced.

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The Rev. Miguel Rivera, national CONLAMIC president, said his organization’s legal defense fund will take the decision before the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.

These guys just don't give up do they! They can not stand us getting our laws enforced.

Who defends this law, when it is appealed ? Do they klnow Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, writing for the slim majority of the Court, stated that undocumented immigrants have no legal right to work in the United States. In Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB, a controversial employment case.