DOJ getting busy with something besides busting pot smokers

[Horse with no Name]

http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/news/splc-welcomes-department-of-justice-challenge-to-alabama-anti-immigrant-law

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Alabama’s anti-immigrant law is such an overreach of the state’s power that it came as no surprise that the Obama administration was compelled to file a lawsuit this week accusing Alabama of undermining federal immigration priorities.

It’s perhaps even more telling that on the same day the Department of Justice took action, religious leaders filed another lawsuit challenging HB 56, calling it the “nation’s most merciless anti-immigration legislation.” These religious leaders are concerned it will criminalize them for being good Samaritans when they help undocumented immigrants.

These suits come on the heels of a federal lawsuit filed last month by the Southern Poverty Law Center and its allies. We’ve asked a federal judge to block the law from taking effect as scheduled on September 1, and a decision is expected later this month.

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This law will inflict needless damage across the state. It will subject Alabamians – including U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents – to unlawful search and seizure; deter immigrant families from enrolling their children in public schools; unconstitutionally bar many lawfully present immigrants from attending public colleges or universities in Alabama; and drastically restrict the right to enter into contracts.:applause: :woohoo:

[alfredo]

1. Glad they are doing the right thing. Bush would have

been on the side of Alabama.

[Auntie Bush]

2. So would Parry or Bachmann.

[alfredo]

3. Obama is going to eat them alive.

[DCKit]

4. The DOJ needs to spend less time on Alabama, and far more time on Wall St. nt