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| 16 Countries File Briefs Against New Alabama Immigration Law |
| 2011-08-05 |
| In an effort to ensure their citizens are treated fairly in Alabama, 16 nations, including Mexico, filed briefs against the state's controversial new immigration law that has already drawn fire from the U.S. Department of Justice. "Mexico has an interest in protecting its citizens and ensuring that their ethnicity is not used as basis for state-sanctioned acts of bias and discrimination," the brief said, according to the paper. Nevermind what they do in their own countries. Criticism for the law, which is said to be the strictest state-level immigration law in the country, has been fierce and swift. Besides the DOJ's lawsuit, the Roman Catholic Church, three dozen plaintiffs represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Immigration Law Center have all filed lawsuits against the state's governor, The Montgomery Advertiser reported. Hot Damn! All those! Looks like we have a real winnner folks. Now if we had the Southern Poverty Law Center it'll be complete. Gov. Robert Bentley signed the law naming it a crime to be an undocumented immigrant in Alabama Not that it's illegal or anything now of course... and allowing law enforcement officials to detain individuals if they have a "reasonable suspicion" of being in the country illegally. The law also makes it illegal to give undocumented immigrants rides and requires school districts to check on the immigration status of students who enroll. Now that is a good idea which has been advocated here before. The Justice Department argues that the states are overstepping their authority by wading into something that is a strictly federal responsibility: immigration enforcement. Proponents of the bill say the Obama administration and federal bureaucrats have turned a blind eye toward the immigration issue and refuse to fulfill their constitutional duty to enforce laws already on the books. Argentina, Boliva, Brazil and Colombia among other Central and South American countries are also named on the brief. |
| Posted by:CrazyFool |
| #9 With all the crap I've had to deal with immigrating to Panama, I'm glad to see them not on the list. |
| Posted by: Destro 2011-08-05 13:38 |
| #8 Muunrowvul natives made me drink supersaturated sugared ice-tea to make sure I was "okay", still it's better than the way they treat us in Georgia. |
| Posted by: S 2011-08-05 11:13 |
| #7 My response to the 16 countries. "Then stay out and fuck you." Thank you. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-08-05 10:56 |
| #6 I think the Arizona example is starting to hit home. Illegal immigrants do not stay in Arizona. They may still pass through, for now, but they do not hang around, and it is already showing dividends with much lower costs. Several public schools have now closed because of a lack of illegal alien students, yet because illegals in Arizona never ghettoized, it just means that neighborhoods have a few more houses for rent or sale than they would have had otherwise. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-08-05 10:01 |
| #5 Could I add: Screw these 16 countries. If we had a real Justice Department, they would nip these lawsuits in the bud. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-08-05 10:01 |
| #4 There's no "right" to immigrate here! We have a right to control out borders. Would these suing countries sue Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Sudan, etc. and other such paradises for not being allowed to immigrate. Many countries have restrictions on immigration such as age, amount of assets, non-criminals, etc. Mexico suing? What a joke! What would Mexico do if we sued them for allowing hordes of illegals to sneak across our border? In fact, the Mexican government printed pamphlets a few years ago on how to cross our border without being detected. Mexico is a failed State. Why even listen to them? Try immigrating to Mexico. There are all kinds of restrictions. These law suits ought not to be dignified by being heard in our courts. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-08-05 09:58 |
| #3 Mass. Attorney General Martha Coakley - "It's not illegal to be illegal in Massachusetts." |
| Posted by: Raj 2011-08-05 09:00 |
| #2 Mexican Constitution - Foreigners Article 33. Foreigners are those who do not possess the qualifications set forth in Article 30. They are entitled to the guarantees granted by Chapter I, Title I, of the present Constitution; but the Federal Executive shall have the exclusive power to compel any foreigner whose remaining he may deem inexpedient to abandon the national territory immediately and without the necessity of previous legal action. Foreigners may not in any way participate in the political affairs of the country. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-08-05 08:14 |
| #1 Does this mean that - other than in Alabama, of course - all these illegal aliens we've been reading about were not really illegal? So, "Undocumented, soon-to-be-democratic-voters, not-quite-American-yet, citizens of foreign countries still under the protection of their embassies" is a more accurate title? No wonder they get sharia law! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2011-08-05 06:42 |