Posted on 08/04/2011 6:35:05 PM PDT by Steelfish
16 Countries, Including Mexico, File Briefs Against New Alabama Immigration Law August 04, 2011
In an effort to ensure their citizens are treated fairly in Alabama, 16 nations, including Mexico, filed briefs against the state’s controversial new immigration law that has already drawn fire from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Edward Still, a Birmingham attorney who filed the brief, told The Montgomery Advertiser that the nations “want to have one immigration law and not 50.” "Mexico has an interest in protecting its citizens and ensuring that their ethnicity is not used as basis for state-sanctioned acts of bias and discrimination," the brief said, according to the paper.
Criticism for the law, which is said to be the strictest state-level immigration law in the country, has been fierce and swift. Besides the DOJ’s lawsuit, the Roman Catholic Church, three dozen plaintiffs represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Immigration Law Center have all filed lawsuits against the state’s governor, The Montgomery Advertiser reported.
Gov. Robert Bentley signed the law naming it a crime to be an undocumented immigrant in Alabama and allowing law enforcement officials to detain individuals if they have a "reasonable suspicion" of being in the country illegally. The law also makes it illegal to give undocumented immigrants rides and requires school districts to check on the immigration status of students who enroll.
The Justice Department argues that the states are overstepping their authority by wading into something that is a strictly federal responsibility: immigration enforcement.
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No standing.
Since when do these countries have any standing in our courts? Their briefs belong in the garbage can. If their citizens are here illegally then deport them and send a bill or deduct from any aid they get. Better yet, put the illegals to work building the fence on the border.
F-— Em!
“the Roman Catholic Church, three dozen plaintiffs represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Immigration Law Center have all filed lawsuits against the state’s governor”
Biting my tongue....
Let them eat cake. We are sovereign and so is Alabama even standing alone. These people don’t get to tell Alabama what laws it can or cannot make.
Then why don’t we adopt Mexico’s policy of instant imprisonment? How totally stupid! Let’s offer to use Mexico’s law . . . How about that?
What did 0 have to do with this?
Sorry, I don’t trust that POS on inch. It’s not beneath him to have friends of friends of friends go about getting these countries to do this.
Oh and Screwwwwwwwwwwww them!
I have a constitutional amendment to address this nonsense:
“No non-U.S. government, non-U.S. business, non-U.S. organization, or non-U.S. citizen shall have access to any civil court in the United States except as a direct signatory to a civil contract signed in the United States, where said civil contract is in dispute.”
Pound salt!
ROLL TIDE
The state of Alabama should require the Catholic Church to pay real estate taxes on all their churches and other properties in Alabama in order to pay the costs of illegal immigration.
LLS
Don’t like our Law? Stay the hell outta our State.
Try being “illegal” in Mexico, or half the Countries “protesting”...it won’t be pretty.
south america doesn’t like us messin with their middle men in the drug biz. thats why.u see,they send thier drug sales men to the south to sell drugs to pimps/hoes/and obama supporters,,so if u arrest them,it messes up the whole system!!!
This should be used in a commercial, the Obama justice department is suing states that are trying to protect themselves against illegal immigration. It is bad enough that the federal government isn’t doing anything but they are actually attacking the states that are doing the job the federal government refuses to.
Where is congress on this???? Oh thats right, they’re silent. Vote the ba*tards out!!!!!
Should read:
... 16 nations, including Mexico, filed controversial briefs against the state’s new immigration law ...
“... the nations “want to have one immigration law and not 50.”
Yeah, well my daughter wants a pony and a unicorn but she isn’t going to get either one from me.
Hey Mexico, I’ve got a great reality check for you: Try crapping in your right hand and “wanting” in your left and see which hand fills up first.
Ridiculous.
If the state requires you to present a lawful ID to the cops under certain circumtances, it's enough that everybody is subject to the ID look-see. You don't have an ID, they should be able to haul you in and find your identity out by other means, as well as your immigration status.
Doesn't anyone ever read the 14th amendment anymore? Or is it they only go as far as the "Anchor Baby" part?
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