This week, a federal district court judge in Alabama temporarily enjoined the state\u2019s new immigration enforcement law, HB 56. The law\u2014which covers a wide array of immigration matters including employment, voting, education, and enforcement\u2014was scheduled to take effect Sept. 1. However, due to the temporary injunction, stakeholders will have to wait possibly until the end of the month for a ruling on the legality of the law (according to her order, the judge will issue an opinion on the merits of the case no later than Sept. 28). <\/p>\n
Despite arguing in its complaint against Alabama that the federal government has \u201cpreeminent authority\u201d over immigration and that federal law does not permit a \u201cpatchwork of state and local immigration policies,\u201d Obama\u2019s Justice Department continues to allow state and local governments with sanctuary city policies to persist without consequence. Unlike many of the provisions of Alabama\u2019s HB 56 that mirror federal law, sanctuary city policies directly contravene it. Nonetheless, the Obama Administration continues to go after state and local governments, which bear the bulk (75 percent) of the costs of illegal immigration. <\/p>\n
See the latest FOX News interview with FAIR’s Bob Dane discussing the Alabama lawsuit here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week, a federal district court judge in Alabama temporarily enjoined the state\u2019s new immigration enforcement law, HB 56. The law\u2014which covers a wide array of immigration matters including employment, voting, education, and enforcement\u2014was scheduled to take effect Sept. 1. However, due to the temporary injunction, stakeholders will have to wait possibly until the end<\/p>\n