Federal judge dismisses Georgia immigration law challenge

[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia [official website] on Friday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to scrap a key part of Georgia's sweeping anti-illegal immigration law. The lawsuit challenges a 2011 statute that gives police the option to investigate the immigration status of certain suspects. Should it be determined that someone is in the country illegally, police are also empowered to detail them. Judge Thomas Thrash's most recent decision [AJC report] allows the...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/07/federal-judge-dismisses-georgia-immigration-law-challenge.php

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