Judge Blocks Parts of Georgia Immigration Law
By
Kevin Fayle
on June 27, 2011
| Last updated on March 21, 2019
A federal judge in Atlanta has blocked portions of Georgia's
controversial new immigration law from going into effect while a lawsuit
challenging the law's constitutionality makes its way through the
courts. The blocked sections of the law, which were scheduled to take
effect on July 1, created penalties for those who knowingly transport or
shelter illegal immigrants while committing another crime, and also
authorized law enforcement officers to check the immigration status of
individuals without the proper forms of identification. The judge ruled
that the portions in question conflict with federal immigration law,
which takes precedence over state law when the two disagree.
Judge Blocks Parts of Georgia Immigration Law
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