Alabama Immigration Law Should Stay on Hold, Groups Say
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New Alabama immigration laws cleared for enforcement by a U.S. judge should be blocked until a federal appeals court has reviewed legal challenges, a coalition of civil rights groups said.
The American Civil Liberties Union, Southern Poverty Law Center and other groups today asked U.S. District Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn in Birmingham, Alabama, for an order staying application of those laws she deemed enforcible in a trio of rulings yesterday, while the organizations pursue an appeal.