Federal court upholds key parts of tough Alabama immigration law

Federal court upholds key parts of tough Alabama immigration law
- September 29, 2011
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and political science associate professor, is quoted in the Christian Science Monitor and Alaska Dispatch September 28, 2011
From the Christian Science Monitor:
A federal judge's ruling in Alabama Wednesday raises the possibility that, after being
repeatedly rejected by courts across the country, a controversial provision that police
check the immigration status of people who might be illegal immigrants could be enforced
for the first time.... Appeals from opposition groups are certain, and some experts
say the Alabama ruling makes it increasingly likely that the issue will end up before
the US Supreme Court. The Arizona case has already been appealed to the Supreme Court,
though the court has not yet decided whether it will take the case. But the high court
"doesn't like similar cases with somewhat different outcomes coming out of different
circuits," says Louis DeSipio, a political scientist at the University of California
at Irvine.
For the full story, please visit http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2011/0928/Immigration-law-court-uph....
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