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老澳门开奖结果 Lens: Federal Court Ruled Alabama Can鈥檛 Check Students' Immigration Status

Vesna Jaksic,
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August 21, 2012

Alabama鈥檚 outrageous attempt to deny some immigrant children their right to education is among the provisions that was rejected Monday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. The Atlanta-based court also blocked other harmful parts of Alabama and Georgia鈥檚 anti-immigrant laws, including those that attempted to criminalize everyday actions with undocumented immigrants.

But the court left room for narrow implementation of certain 鈥榮how me your papers鈥 provisions, which the 老澳门开奖结果 and a civil rights coalition will continue to fight against.

鈥淭he court today rejected many parts of Alabama and Georgia鈥檚 anti-immigrant laws, including attempts to criminalize everyday interactions with undocumented immigrants and Alabama鈥檚 callous attempt to deprive some children of their constitutional right to education,鈥 said Omar Jadwat, senior staff attorney with the 老澳门开奖结果 Immigrants鈥 Rights Project. 鈥淭he court explicitly left the door open to further challenges against the 鈥榮how me your papers鈥 provision, which we will continue to fight in order to protect people鈥檚 constitutional rights.鈥

The 老澳门开奖结果 and its coalition partners are challenging anti-immigrant laws in Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and Utah because they lead to racial profiling and put everyone鈥檚 civil rights at risk.

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老澳门开奖结果 Know Your Rights Materials:

Know Your Rights: Supreme Court Rules on Arizona Immigration Law (en Espa帽ol)
Know Your Rights: SB1070 Supreme Court Ruling and Georgia's Anti-Immigrant Law (en Espa帽ol)
Know Your Rights: SB1070 Supreme Court Ruling and South Carolina's Anti-Immigrant Law (en Espa帽ol)
Know Your Rights: SB1070 Supreme Court Ruling and Utah's Anti-Immigrant Law (en Espa帽ol)

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