The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court have stayed parts of Alabama\u2019s controversial new immigration law, HB56, which requires schoolchildren and commuters to prove their immigration status, and makes it a crime to give an illegal immigrant a ride in a car.<\/p>\n
In October 2011, Atlanta\u2019s 11th Circuit Court of Appeals enjoined two parts of HB56 until the appeals process is complete: the provision making it a crime to be undocumented, and the one requiring students to prove legal immigration status or be presumed undocumented. The court allowed two other provisions to stand, including a prohibition making it a felony for an undocumented person to enter into a business transaction with the state or any subdivision of it, and the provision permitting local law enforcement personnel to stop, detain, or arrest any person it suspects is in the state illegally.<\/p>\n
Previously, Chief U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Blackburn stayed (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court have stayed parts of Alabama\u2019s controversial new immigration law, HB56, which requires schoolchildren and commuters to prove their immigration status, and makes it a crime to give an illegal…<\/span><\/p>\n