Politico reported that: A federal judge has denied emergency requests to block Alabama's toughest-in-the-nation immigration law while the Obama administration appeals last week's ruling upholding the controversial measure.
The Dept. of Justice and a coalition of civil rights organizations filed the motion requesting the block on key provisions of the law that have kept thousands of Hispanic kids from showing up for school.
U.S. District Judge Sharon Blackburn ruled on Sept. 28 that Alabama can enforce the law's requirements for schools to verify students' immigration status and for police to determine citizenship and status of those they stop, detain or arrest. Police are allowed to arrest anyone they suspect of being an illegal immigrant during a routine traffic stop, under the law.
Blackburn did, however, grant the Obama administration's request to block certain portions of the law -- such as provisions making it a crime to transport or harbor an illegal immigrant, or for an illegal immigrant to look for or perform work -- until she makes a final ruling.
In the wake of her ruling, an alarming number of Hispanic students in the state failed to show up for school on Monday -- over 2,000 did not attend classes, POLITICO reported. This week, Alabama's top education official attempted to quell fears and said on Tuesday that while the law has a provision requiring all students enrolling on or after Sept. 29 to present their birth certificate, they will be accepted at school even without documents.
The coalition of civil rights organizations challenging the law will file an emergency request with the Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to block the law, pending the resolution of their appeal, the Southern Poverty Law Center said in a statement. "The civil rights plaintiffs and their counsel are committed to pursuing all legal avenues to ensure the eventual defeat of this misguided law," the press release stated.
The Dept. of Justice and a coalition of civil rights organizations filed the motion requesting the block on key provisions of the law that have kept thousands of Hispanic kids from showing up for school.
U.S. District Judge Sharon Blackburn ruled on Sept. 28 that Alabama can enforce the law's requirements for schools to verify students' immigration status and for police to determine citizenship and status of those they stop, detain or arrest. Police are allowed to arrest anyone they suspect of being an illegal immigrant during a routine traffic stop, under the law.
Blackburn did, however, grant the Obama administration's request to block certain portions of the law -- such as provisions making it a crime to transport or harbor an illegal immigrant, or for an illegal immigrant to look for or perform work -- until she makes a final ruling.
In the wake of her ruling, an alarming number of Hispanic students in the state failed to show up for school on Monday -- over 2,000 did not attend classes, POLITICO reported. This week, Alabama's top education official attempted to quell fears and said on Tuesday that while the law has a provision requiring all students enrolling on or after Sept. 29 to present their birth certificate, they will be accepted at school even without documents.
The coalition of civil rights organizations challenging the law will file an emergency request with the Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to block the law, pending the resolution of their appeal, the Southern Poverty Law Center said in a statement. "The civil rights plaintiffs and their counsel are committed to pursuing all legal avenues to ensure the eventual defeat of this misguided law," the press release stated.
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