ACLU files lawsuit against Utah illegal immigration enforcement law
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The ACLU and National Immigration Law Center filed the complaint on behalf of several individuals and organizations including Utah Coalition of La Raza and the Latin American Chamber of Commerce. Lawyers this week intend to seek an injunction in U.S. District Court to stop the law from being enforced, said Karen McCreary, ACLU of Utah executive director.
Meantime, the Department of Justice sounds more and more like it might sue the state over the package of illegal immigration bills the Legislature approved this year. The federal government has already gone to court to stop Arizona’s enforcement law.
In a committee meeting Tuesday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said if Utah doesn’t make some adjustments, the DOJ would probably have to take action, according to Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah.
That caught Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff off guard because he met with DOJ attorneys last week to go over the bills point by point.
“I was hoping that we had them convinced to wait,” he said.
Shurtleff said he was encouraged that Holder appears willing let the state make changes to the measures. HB116, the most controversial of the Utah bills, doesn’t take effect until summer of 2013.
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