Plaintiffs poised to challenge Arizona's immigration law

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Source: The Arizona Republic

Plaintiffs poised to challenge Arizona's immigration law
by Alia Beard Rau - Jul. 20, 2010 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic

Arizona's new immigration law faces seven federal court challenges.

The U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit is the most high-profile, while the one filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and a handful of other civil-rights groups is by far the largest in terms of number of plaintiffs and defendants. Both lawsuits are scheduled for separate hearings Thursday before U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton on motions to dismiss the cases and others seeking preliminary injunctions to stop the law from going into effect July 29.


The ACLU lawsuit names officials from all of Arizona's 15 counties as defendants and has 24 plaintiffs.

Fourteen of the plaintiffs are organizations and include the Service Employees International Union and the Scottsdale-based Arizona South Asians for Safe Families, which serves victims of domestic violence.



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