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Rights activists appeal Arizona "show-your-papers" ruling
Source: Reuters
Rights activists appeal Arizona "show-your-papers" ruling
PHOENIX | Thu Sep 13, 2012 10:16pm EDT
(Reuters) - Civil and immigrant rights activists on Thursday lodged a last-ditch appeal seeking to block a controversial Arizona "show-your-papers" immigration provision upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court from taking effect.
The measure, which is part of a broader law to combat illegal immigration in the state bordering Mexico, requires police to check the immigration status of people they stop and suspect are in the country illegally.
A federal judge last week cleared the way for the provision to take effect, ruling that the law's challengers had failed to show they were likely to prevail on the merits of the case after it was upheld by the nation's top court in June.
The appeal, filed by plaintiffs including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, questioned the U.S. District Court's interpretation of another federal appellate court's ruling. Allowing the measure to take effect would cause "irreparable harm," it said.
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PHOENIX | Thu Sep 13, 2012 10:16pm EDT
(Reuters) - Civil and immigrant rights activists on Thursday lodged a last-ditch appeal seeking to block a controversial Arizona "show-your-papers" immigration provision upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court from taking effect.
The measure, which is part of a broader law to combat illegal immigration in the state bordering Mexico, requires police to check the immigration status of people they stop and suspect are in the country illegally.
A federal judge last week cleared the way for the provision to take effect, ruling that the law's challengers had failed to show they were likely to prevail on the merits of the case after it was upheld by the nation's top court in June.
The appeal, filed by plaintiffs including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, questioned the U.S. District Court's interpretation of another federal appellate court's ruling. Allowing the measure to take effect would cause "irreparable harm," it said.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/14/us-usa-immigration-arizona-idUSBRE88D02E20120914
