First appeared in USA Today
A federal appeals court has blocked two more parts of a
tough Alabama law that targets illegal immigrants.
One prohibited courts from enforcing contracts, including
rental agreements, with people known to be in the country illegally, and the
other banned state and local agencies from doing business with illegal
immigrants, our Gannett colleagues at the Montgomery Advertiser report.
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked sections 27 and 30
of the law, known as HB 56. The court did not explain its reasoning in a
two-page decision. A Raleigh
Immigration Lawyer has been watching the decisions.
In October, an 11th Circuit panel blocked a requirement that
undocumented immigrants carry identification and that schools collect
information on immigration status.
In November, two months after the law took effect, a lower
court judge blocked the piece of Section 30 that called for denying
registration permits for manufactured homes bought by people who couldn't prove
their U.S. citizenship.
Although illegal immigrants left the state when the law took
effect, some have begun returning despite the uncertainty, USA TODAY's Alan
Gomez reported last month.
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