Friday, October 14, 2011
US appeals court blocks parts of Alabama immigration law
Customs and Border Protection bike patrol agent assists Mexican''s being returned to Mexico after they were apprehended for entering the United States illegally.
A US appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked Alabama from enforcing part of its tough new law cracking down on illegal immigrants but allowed some disputed portions to remain in effect.
The US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, based in Atlanta, granted the Obama administration and a coalition of civil rights groups a temporary stay for the provision that permits Alabama to require public schools to determine the legal residency of children upon enrollment.
But the ruling allows the state to continue authorizing police to detain people suspected of being in the country illegally if they cannot produce proper documentation when stopped for any reason.
The law has led some illegal immigrants in Alabama to pull their children out of school and even flee the state.
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