Arizona Immigration Law to face lawsuit today
Arizona's immigration law is going to face tough challenges in coming days as Latino group is planning to file lawsuit on April 29 seeking to halt the implementation of the law, other group is planning to block the law at the ballot box.
ARIZONA'S CONTROVERSIAL immigration law is going to face tough challenges in coming days as a Latino group is planning to file lawsuit on April 29 seeking to halt the implementation of the law, other group is planning to block the law at the ballot box.
Reports are saying that the Draft of the complaint will seek an injunction preventing authorities from enforcing the law. It argues that this law violates due process right by allowing suspected illegal immigrants to be detained before they are convicted.
It is going to be the first such lawsuit, other group are planning ti file lawsuit as well in coming days. Amongst them are American Civil liberties Union and Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. In a major development, a group filed papers on Wednesday to launch s referendum drive that could put the law on hold until 2012 if organizers wait the last minute to turn in petition signature needed to get the measure on the ballot. If they get more than 76,000 signatures till July the law would be delayed until the final vote. But the deadline to put a question on the November ballot is July 1, and a referendum filing later than that could delay a vote on the law until 2012.
The Legislations Chief sponsor Republican Representative Russel Pierce, said he has no doubt voters will support the law at the ballot box, which would then protect it from the repeal by legislature. In Arizona measure approved by voters can only be repealed at the ballot box. The law requires local and state law enforcement to question people about their immigration status if there are reasons to suspect there are in the country illegally.
The Legislations Chief sponsor Republican Representative Russel Pierce, said he has no doubt voters will support the law at the ballot box, which would then protect it from the repeal by legislature. In Arizona measure approved by voters can only be repealed at the ballot box. The law requires local and state law enforcement to question people about their immigration status if there are reasons to suspect there are in the country illegally.
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